An Aesop Fable
The Wolf and the Mastiff.
A wolf decided to change his usual walk through the forest.
He carefully approached a cabin where a large well-fed mastiff strained against a heavy metal chain. One end of the chain was fixed around the trunk of a large tree and the other was fastened to a thick heavy metal collar around the mastiff’s neck.
The wolf asked him who fed him so well, yet compelled him to be so cruelly chained and restricted.
The mastiff replied, “The Master.”
The wolf bade the mastiff goodbye. He was happy and grateful as he moved freely and easily back through the forest.
He felt sorry for any creature so cruelly chained, at the mercy of a master, and allowed only what the master would give him.
(This fable is a warning against excessive Socialism.)
