Fables of the Talmud and the Midrash

Preliminary Study, Selection, and Notes: Manes Kogan
Design and Illustrations: Marcelo Ferder
English Translation: Sandy Berkofsky-Santana

 

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Fable 10: The Lion, the Fox, and the Other Animals

A lion got angry at all the animals, both wild and tame. The animals asked, “Who will go and calm him down?”

The fox answered, “Come with me and we’ll go to him, since I know 300 fables that will calm him down.”

“Let’s go!” said the animals. After walking a short distance, the fox stopped.

“What happened?” the animals asked.

“I forgot 100,” the fox said.

The animals replied, “There are enough to calm him down in the 200 that are left.”

They walked another short distance, when the fox stopped again.

Once more the animals asked, “What happened?” to which the fox replied, “I forgot another 100.”

The animals said, “There are still enough to calm him down in the 100 that are left.”

As they approached the lion, the fox said, “I forgot them all. Each of you go and calm the lion down in your own way.”

--Genesis Rabbah 78:7

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