Aesop's Fables by  J. H. Stickney

The Boar and the Fox

A BOAR stood whetting his tusks against a tree.

"What do you mean," asked a Fox, "by such warlike preparation? There is no enemy in sight."

"When the enemy is in sight," said the Boar, "It is time to think of something else."


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