Tara

17 Consequence

1	A hungry Wolf unable to defeat the honor of a noble Shepherd, did entreat the heavens for a sign.
2	The Wolf did say: Oh heavens or demons for I know not which, be that as I am without piety or integrity.
3	Show pity upon this hungry servant and grant me a sign that I might circumvent the law and seize some sheep.
4	Soon after, the Wolf did find the rotting carcass of an old sheep that had wandered over a steep ravine.
5	The Wolf did then declare: I thank you oh darkness for your most cunning of sign.
6	For I shall take this fleece and slip past the guardian unnoticed as an enemy within.
7	So the Wolf did take the fleece from the dead sheep and make himself as if a sheep.
8	Upon the evening of the next day, as the Shepherd returned the flock to his fold and locked them safely inside,
9	He noticed a Sheep in poor condition.
10	He then commanded his apprentice: Stay with this Sheep this night and make sure it eats.
11	For I shall neither let one of my flock be in sickness or suffer.
12	The Wolf in fear of his life could do no more than pretend to chew the grass.
13	In the morn the Shepherd returned and upon the witness of his apprentice he said thus:
14	Alas, the time has come to do my duty. For while the wheels of divine justice may move slowly,
15	Not even the smallest suffering goes unnoticed nor the greatest evil.
16	Whereupon the Shepherd killed the Wolf in Sheep’s clothing instantly.