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11. A Wolf Becomes Proud Of Its Shadow
One day at sunset on a hill
A wolf was quite surprised
To see the shadow of himself
Immensely oversized.
Good God, it's me! How huge I am!
How frightening! How grim!
He broke into an ice cold sweat:
It even frightened HIM.
How big I am! I should be king!
A super-wolf,
he cried,
Then he let out a prideful growl
That echoed far and wide.
It echoed far enough to reach
A lion with a wish
To eat an evening pot luck meal
But lacked a good main dish.
With one great leap he grabbed the wolf
Who cried out in confusion,
How dumb I was to not suspect
My power was an illusion.
MORAL: Test your beliefs before you act on them.
from the book Praying Your Story and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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