Ad rīvum� eundem lupus et agnus vēnerant
sitī� compulsī�. Superior° stābat lupus
longēque īnferior° agnus. Tunc fauce� improbā�
latrō� incitātus iurgiī� causam intulit.
‘Cur,’ inquit, ‘ turbulentam� fēcistī mihi
aquam bibentī?’ Lāniger� contrā timēns:
‘ Quī� possum, quaesō�, facere quod� quereris, lupe?
Ā tē dēcurrit� ad meōs haustūs� liquor�.’
Repulsus� ille vēritātis� vīribus:
‘Ante hōs sex mēnsēs malē�,’ ait, ‘dīxistī mihi.’
Respondit agnus: ‘ Equidem� nātus nōn eram.’
‘Pater, Hercle�, tuus,’ ille inquit, ‘malē dīxit mihi.’
Atque ita correptum� lacerat� iniūstā� nece�.
Haec propter illōs scrīpta est hominēs fābula,
quī° fictīs° causīs innocentēs� opprimunt�.Phaedrus, Fabulae I, 1