56. Vulpes et Asinus Pelle Leonis Indutus. Asinus, pelle leonis indutus, per nemora, reliqua bruta perterrens, vagabatur. Vulpe autem conspecta, ipsi quoque timorem iniicere conatus est. Sed haec, ubi casu eius vocem audivit, “Scias velim,” inquit, “quod et ego te sane pertimuissem, nisi rudentem audivissem.”
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M0056 = Perry358. Source: De Furia 141. This is Perry 358. For another story about the donkey in the lion’s skin, see #234. See also the fable of the wolf dressed as a sheep, #86.
