The Fables of Æsop (Jacobs)/The Wolf and the Crane
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"Will you kindly give me the reward you promised?" said the Crane.
The Wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said: "Be content. You have put your head inside a Wolf's mouth and taken it out again in safety; that ought to be reward enough for you."
Gratitude and greed go not together.
Copyright 1894 by Macmillan & Co.