A Wolf accidently drags a plough and is chided by the Ploughman for being out of character.
Chambry (The Ploughman and The Wolf)
Note: The Chambry collection is published in Greek. AI was used to translate the Greek to this text:
A ploughman, having unyoked his team, led them away to drink. Meanwhile, a wolf, who was hungry and searching for food, happened upon the plough. At first, he licked the yokes of the oxen. Then, little by little, without being noticed, he slipped his neck into the harness. But when he tried to pull it away, he couldn’t lift it. Instead, he dragged the plough over the field. When the ploughman returned and saw him, he said: “Ah, you wicked creature! Would that you would give up robbery and wrongdoing and turn to farming!”
Moral
Thus, even if wicked people promise to be virtuous, their character makes them untrustworthy.
How do you think an AI might simplify this fable? Here is one answer, and the illustration above was made from this simplification:
A hungry wolf puts his head into an ox’s yoke, trying to steal something, but ends up accidentally dragging the plough across the field. When the farmer finds him, he sarcastically wishes the wolf would abandon thievery and become a farmer instead.
Moral
Bad people, no matter what they pretend, are not trusted because of their nature.
Perry. #38