62. Vulpes et Lupus apud Iovem. Convenerant lupus et vulpes adire Iovem ut ab eo peterent ambo quod sibi quisque deesse existimabat: lupus rapax, calliditatem vulpis; vulpes callida, lupi vires et impetum; sic fore ut singuli abundantius praedas facerent. Respuit crudelium animalium vota Iuppiter, utpote iniusta et iniuria proximis suis. “Ab origine mundi singulis animantibus largissime data munera, non uni omnia,” respondit.
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Wikipedia).
M0062 (not in Perry). Source: Irenaeus 11. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog, although it is similar to the story of the peacock petitioning Juno, #544. Compare also the story of the fox and the rabbit petitioning Jupiter, #175.
