The Wolf in Sheep's skin
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Aesop
Surin Surēntharārak
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1990? , 1990
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This version turns out to be fascinating. The illustrations present a skin that covers only the trunk of the wolf's body, like a blanket or poncho. Much of the story loses its point, I believe, if the fable is presented visually this way. The wolf first slinks into the sheepfold at night. Let me quote the next lines verbatim in sequence, since I think they raise questions. He eats quite a few of them. One day, the shepherd is suspicious. He counts his sheep. Three sheep are missing. There is no particular cause presented for the shepherd's discovery of the wolf. The shepherd hangs the wolf, occasioning the fellow shepherd's question Do you hang sheep now? and the shepherd's answer No, but I hang a wolf in the habit and skin of sheep with the dramatic gesture of removing the sheepskin from the wolf's corpse. Where did that word habit come from? Overall, this fable's presentation suggests to me that the artist betrayed the storyteller.
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2340 (Access ID)