When Power Preys on Innocence

18/08/2025 3 min
When Power Preys on Innocence

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Episode Synopsis

Send us a textIn this final installment of Aesop's fables, we present "The Wolf and the Lamb," a timeless tale about power, false accusations, and the arbitrary nature of tyranny. The story culminates with the profound dying words of the lamb: "Any excuse will serve a tyrant."• A wolf spots a lamb drinking from a spring downstream and decides to make it his supper• The wolf falsely accuses the lamb of muddying his drinking water• When the lamb points out this is impossible since water flows downstream, the wolf claims the lamb insulted him a year ago• The lamb explains this couldn't be true as it's only six months old• Undeterred, the wolf declares "If it was not you, it was your father" before attacking• Before dying, the lamb delivers the moral: "Any excuse will serve a tyrant"• This is the 14th and final Aesop's fable in our seriesSupport the showhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2466013/support