The Wolf and the Lion

A WOLF, having stolen a lamb from a fold, was carrying him off to his lair. A Lion met him in the path, and seizing the lamb, took it from him. Standing at a safe distance, the Wolf exclaimed, "You have unrighteously taken that which was mine from me!" To which the Lion jeeringly replied, "It was righteously yours, eh? The gift of a friend?"

On righteous entitlement
/ˈrʌɪtʃəs/ morally right or justifiable: "feelings of righteous...

Moral Tales
The fabulists tells and retells the stories, here we have selected some of these short...