The story "The Shepherd and the Wolf Cubs" warns us that if we instigate others to do bad things, then we may suffer first. In the story, the shepherd fed the little wolf and let the little wolf steal the cubs of other shepherds, but the little wolf reminded the shepherd that his behavior might make him suffer.

The story of "the shepherd and the wolf cub"

The shepherd found a little wolf and took it home to feed it. When the little wolf grew up, the shepherd taught him to steal other people's sheep nearby. The domesticated wolf said, "If you want me to get into the habit of stealing and robbing, you'd better take care of your sheep first and don't lose it."

The origin of shepherd and wolf cub

The Shepherd and the Wolf Cubs is from Aesop's Fables, which contains 357 fables, most of which are related to animals. Aesop's fables are mostly animal stories. The stories told in the book are short and pithy, and each story contains philosophy, or exposes and criticizes social contradictions, or expresses understanding of life, or summarizes daily life experience.

This collection of fables shows the social relations at that time by describing the relations between animals, mainly the unequal relations between the oppressor and the oppressed. Fable writers condemned the oppression of people by society at that time and called on the bullied people to unite to fight against the wicked.