A WOLF, having stolen a lamb from a fold, was carrying him off to his lair. —
A Lion met him in the path, and seizing the lamb, took it from him. —
Standing at a safe distance, the Wolf exclaimed, “You have unrighteously taken that which was mine from me! —
” To which the Lion jeeringly replied, “It was righteously yours, eh? —
The gift of a friend?’