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Title: The Wild Boar And The Fox Author: Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables) [More Titles by Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables)] A Wild Boar was whetting his tusks against a tree, when a Fox coming by, asked why he did so; "for," said he, "I see no reason for it; there is neither hunter nor hound in sight, nor any other danger that I can see, at hand." "True," replied the Boar; "but when that danger does arise, I shall have something else to do than to sharpen my weapons." It is too late to whet the sword when the trumpet sounds to draw it. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |