Tara

31 Fairness

1	A Wolf finding a Lamb astray upon a path, resolved not to lay violent hands on him,
2	But to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him.
3	He thus addressed him: Sir, in the year past you grossly insulted me.
4	The Lamb replied: You are mistaken honorable Wolf, as I was not then born.
5	Frustrated, the Wolf then said: You trespass and feed in my pasture.
6	The Lamb replied: You are mistaken mighty Wolf, as I have not yet tasted grass.
7	Angry the Wolf then said: Then you steal and drink of my well.
8	The Lamb replied: Alas! fearsome Wolf you are in error, but for my mothers’ milk, as yet I have never yet drunk water.
9	The Wolf seized the Lamb and cried out: Be that as it is you refute all my imputations,
10	There is one you cannot deny, for I am a Wolf and you a Lamb.
11	In one final breath, the Lamb did say thus: Indeed you are a Wolf and tyrant,
12	And a tyrant will always find a pretext to justify his tyranny.