A wicked wolf saw a lamb some distance down the stream.
"There is my supper", said the wolf to himself, "but I'll have to find some excuse for killing such a harmless animal."
So he shouted at the lamb, "How dare you make my drinking water dirty ?"
"How can I spoil your water ?" said the lamb, "It runs from you to me and not from me to you."
"Don't argue", roared the wolf, "I know you well. You said ugly things about me behind my back a year ago." "Sir", replied the lamb trembling, "a year ago I was not even born."
"Well", said the wolf, "if it were not you, then it was your father, and that amounts to the same thing.
Without another word, the wolf fell upon the helpless lamb and tore him to pieces.
"There is my supper", said the wolf to himself, "but I'll have to find some excuse for killing such a harmless animal."
So he shouted at the lamb, "How dare you make my drinking water dirty ?"
"How can I spoil your water ?" said the lamb, "It runs from you to me and not from me to you."
"Don't argue", roared the wolf, "I know you well. You said ugly things about me behind my back a year ago." "Sir", replied the lamb trembling, "a year ago I was not even born."
"Well", said the wolf, "if it were not you, then it was your father, and that amounts to the same thing.
Without another word, the wolf fell upon the helpless lamb and tore him to pieces.
Moral: (1) ANY EXCUSE WILL SERVE A TYRANT.(2) A TYRANT NEVER WANTS A PLEA