The Wolf in Sheep's
Clothing
Vocabulary:
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deceiving, deceptive - lying,
fooling
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flayed - to remove the skin
of an animal
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hearty - large, filling, satisfying
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pelt - animal skin
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vigilance - care, caution, watchfulness
A Wolf found great difficulty in
getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs.
But one day it found the skin of
a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own
pelt and strolled down among the sheep.
The Lamb that belonged to the sheep,
whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing;
so, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her, and for some
time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.
"Appearances are deceptive."
Questions to discuss:
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What are some instances where
appearances have fooled people that you can think of?
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Sometimes it is good to make
one's appearance deceiving and sometimes it is bad. Give examples of both.
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