The Wolf and the Donkey

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  "summary": "\"The Wolf and the Donkey\" is a short Aesop fable about a quick-thinking ass who turns a deadly encounter into a daring escape. Cornered in a pasture with a hungry wolf closing in, the ass hatches a clever ruse — feigning a limp and convincing the predator to search his hoof for a thorn. What follows is a single well-aimed kick and a wolf left groaning in the bushes, muttering that he should have stuck to what he knows.",
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    "When the Wolf came up, he asked the Ass what had made him lame, and the Ass replied that he had stepped on a sharp thorn.",
    "“Please pull it out,” he pleaded, groaning as if in pain. “If you do not, it might stick in your throat when you eat me.”",
    "The Wolf saw the wisdom of the advice, for he wanted to enjoy his meal without any danger of choking. So the Ass lifted up his foot and the Wolf began to search very closely and carefully for the thorn.",
    "Just then the Ass kicked out with all his might, tumbling the Wolf a dozen paces away. And while the Wolf was getting very slowly and painfully to his feet, the Ass galloped away in safety.",
    "“Serves me right,” growled the Wolf as he crept into the bushes. “I’m a butcher by trade, not a doctor.”",
    "Aesop was an ancient Greek storyteller, believed to have lived around the 6th century BC, whose fables have been retold across cultures for over two millennia. His short moral tales typically feature animals whose behaviour skewers human folly, and \"The Wolf and the Donkey\" is a sharp example — the wolf's undoing comes not from strength, but from stepping outside his nature. Aesop's fables remain among the most widely read short stories in the world."
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