Week 1: The Wolf and the Lamb

     The young lamb Henry was frolicking in the fields one day when he spotted a wolf stalking towards him.  As it approached, Henry grew cautious and stopped playing, choosing instead to look around for someone else.  Unfortunately for him, the herd had moved over the hill and his mother was not in sight. This meant that Henry would have to figure out a way to escape with his life.  After all, wolves were supposed to be bad, and Henry had been told not to go near them if they came.  In fact, he was supposed to go to straight to his mother if he even saw one. By the time Henry was through thinking this however, the wolf had gotten far too close to even try to escape.
     Mr. Wolf started speaking to Henry when he got closer, making comments that made Henry really uncomfortable. He was also drooling and making soft growling noises as he approached.  First Henry heard Mr. Wolf accuse him of making comments about him in the past, but he hadn't even been born at that time!  When he told Mr. Wolf this, he got really upset and started saying he was stealing his food and water.  Henry wasn't grown up yet though, so he could not eat solid foods or drink water like the grown ups.  The more that Henry spoke however, the closer Mr. Wolf came to him.  After the last comment, Mr. Wolf was growling loudly and pounced.  The last thing that Henry saw was Mr. Wolf's teeth.
     Even though Henry was young and innocent, this didn't prevent Mr. Wolf from attacking him. Henry's naivety allowed Mr. Wolf to get close and attack, taking advantage of Henry's youth to kill him. Mr. Wolf didn't feel bad for doing this, even though he tried to make an excuse for his actions at first.  The moral of this story is that evil people will always find a reason to commit bad deeds.
     In the original version, the story is told more from a third person perspective, rather than from the lamb's point of view. It shows how the wolf is trying to rationalize eating the lamb. Even though the lamb is proving all of his arguments to be false, the wolf has already decided to eat him and will find any reason to kill him and justify it.
The link to the story is http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/townsend/1.htm

 

 (The Wolf and the Lamb, source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19994/19994-h/19994-h.htm#Page_43)