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Aesop
The Blind Man and the Whelp
A BLIND MAN was accustomed to distinguishing different animals by touching them with his hands.
The whelp of a Wolf was brought him, with a request that he would feel it, and say what it was. He felt it, and being in doubt, said: "I do not quite know whether it is the cub of a Fox, or the whelp of a Wolf, but this I know full well. It would not be safe to admit him to the sheepfold."
Evil tendencies are shown in early life.