A wolf, well-gorged with food, saw a ewe lying on her back on the ground unable to right herself. Realising that she had collapsed from fright, he approached her and reassured her. He promised that if she would utter three truths he would leave her alone.
So the ewe began by telling him she would like not to have to meet him again, or failing that she would like him to go blind, and thirdly she wished that wicked wolves would meet violent deaths so that we would suffer no more harm from you and you would make no more war against us.
The wolf acknowledged her veracity and left her to her own way.
~ Aesop's Fables ~
