Paul's Indian Epics Blog

The FoolHardy Wolf  by Ellen C. Babbitt There was a wolf and a lion  The wolf was weak and had no food  The lion was strong and manly Seeing this, the wolf asked to be the servant of this might lion The lion agreed on one condition  The wolf had to look out and find the prey for the lion to attack and eat  Once this was a cycle, the wolf had gotten bigger and stronger over time  The wolf wanted to swap places with the lion  The lion insisted that he had never seen a lion kill an elephant  The wolf was so persistent, the lion went along with it When the time came alone, the wolf saw fought an elephant and was killed Therefore, the wolf got his name, FoolHardy Wolf Foolhardy Wolf

The Tricky Wolf and the Rats  by Ellen C. Babbitt  There was a wolf who heard there were herds of rats  The Chief of the Rats was the Big Rat recognized by all the rats The wolf wanted to eat all the rats because he was hungry He schemed a plan and decided to stand straight up with his mouth open The Chief Rat saw this and felt sorry for the wolf and had taken rats with him to comfort the wolf everyday  Once the rats would leave, the wolf would eat the very last rat in line When the rats had saw that they were depleting, the Chief saw this and went last the next time they went  The wolf tried to eat the Chief Rat the next time around but failed and was bit to death The foolish wolf