Like most of the other characters, the Wolf primarily appears as a male character. It is
classified as a male in twenty-one of the fables in which it is present. It rarely
appears as another gender: female once, unknown twice, and a mixed group twice.
His actions include:
Positive Actions (to Others) | Negative Actions (to Others) | Neutral Actions | Positive Actions (to Self) | Negative Actions (to Self) |
---|---|---|---|---|
resolve | seize | lay | find | grind |
meet | deceive | eat | secure | beg |
hire | beguile | pass | disguise | overestimate |
consort | destroy | pasture | want | carry |
serve | lacerate | come | live | |
consent | steal | look | indulge | |
give | tear | show | prowl | |
invite | injure | call | ||
advise | accuse | ask | ||
approach | ||||
grin | ||||
address | ||||
run | ||||
decide | ||||
think | ||||
follow | ||||
inquire | ||||
pull | ||||
lift | ||||
roam | ||||
hear |
These are the characters that appear with the Wolf:
Fables in which the Wolf appears:
Dialogue of the Wolf:
Wolf to Lamb
"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." ~ The Wolf and the
Lamb
Lamb to Wolf
"Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was
not then born." ~ The Wolf and the Lamb
Wolf to Lamb
"You feed in my pasture." ~ The Wolf and the Lamb
Lamb to Wolf
"No, good sir," replied the Lamb , "I have not yet tasted
grass." ~ The Wolf and the Lamb
Wolf to Lamb
"You drink of my well." ~ The Wolf and the Lamb
Lamb to Wolf
"No," exclaimed the Lamb , "I never yet drank water, for as yet
my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." ~ The Wolf and the Lamb
Wolf to Lamb
"Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my
imputations." ~ The Wolf and the Lamb
Wolf to Sheep
'WHY SHOULD there always be this fear and slaughter between us?" ~ The
Wolves and the Sheep
Wolf to Sheep
"Those evil-disposed Dogs have much to answer for. They always bark
whenever we approach you and attack us before we have done any harm. If you would
only dismiss them from your heels, there might soon be treaties of peace and
reconciliation between us." ~ The Wolves and the Sheep
Wolf to Goat
"Sirrah! I hear thee: yet it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on
which thou art standing." ~ The Kid and the Wolf
Wolf to Shepherd
"Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you
will lose some of your own flock." ~ The Shepherd and the Wolf
Wolf to Sheep
"For," he said, "if you will bring me drink, I will find means
to provide myself with meat." ~ The Wolf and the Sheep
Sheep to Wolf
"Yes," said the Sheep, "if I should bring you the draught, you
would doubtless make me provide the meat also." ~ The Wolf and the Sheep
Dog to Wolf
"The master," ~ The Wolf and the Housedog
Wolf to Dog
"May no friend of mine ever be in such a plight; for the weight of this
chain is enough to spoil the appetite." ~ The Wolf and the Housedog
Wolf to Shepherd
"What a clamor you would raise if I were to do as you are doing!" ~
The Wolf and the Shepherds
Wolf to Crane
"Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been
permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf." ~
The Wolf and the Crane
Wolf to Dog
"Why should you, who are like us in so many things, not be entirely of one
mind with us, and live with us as brothers should? We differ from you in one point
only. We live in freedom, but you bow down to and slave for men, who in return for
your services flog you with whips and put collars on your necks. They make you also
guard their sheep, and while they eat the mutton throw only the bones to you. If you
will be persuaded by us, you will give us the sheep, and we will enjoy them in
common, till we all are surfeited." ~ The Wolves and the Sheepdogs
Goat to Wolf
"I know, friend Wolf, that I must be your prey, but before I die I would
ask of you one favor you will play me a tune to which I may dance." ~ The Kid
and the Wolf
Wolf to Goat
"It is just what I deserve; for I, who am only a butcher, should not have
turned piper to please you." ~ The Kid and the Wolf
Wolf
"I am rightly served, for why did I attempt the art of healing, when my
father only taught me the trade of a butcher?" ~ The Ass and the Wolf
Goat to Wolf
"No, my friend, it is not for the pasture that you invite me , but for
yourself , who are in want of food." ~ The Wolf and the Goat
Wolf to Horse
"I would advise you to go into that field. It is full of fine oats, which
I have left untouched for you , as you are a friend whom I would love to hear
enjoying good eating." ~ The Wolf and the Horse
Horse to Wolf
"If oats had been the food of wolves, you would never have indulged your
ears at the cost of your belly." ~ The Wolf and the Horse
Fox to Wolf
" You should have moved your master not to ill, but to good, will." ~
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
Wolf to Wolf
"Why should I, being of such an immense size and extending nearly an acre
in length, be afraid of the Lion? Ought I not to be acknowledged as King of all the
collected beasts?" ~ The Wolf and the Lion
Wolf to Wolf
"Wretched me! this overestimation of myself is the cause of my
destruction." ~ The Wolf and the Lion
Wolf
"Why, forsooth! Use I gave credence to the words of a woman!" ~
The Mother and the Wolf
Wolf to Lion
"You have unrighteously taken that which was mine from me!" ~ The
Wolf and the Lion
Lion to Wolf
"It was righteously yours, eh? The gift of a friend?" ~ The Wolf
and the Lion
Wolf to Lamb
"The Priest will slay you in sacrifice, if he should catch you." ~
The Lamb and the Wolf
Lamb to Wolf
"It would be better for me to be sacrificed in the Temple than to be eaten
by you." ~ The Lamb and the Wolf