The Man and His Two Wives An Aesop Fable A man whose hair was turning gray had

tw o wives. One wife was much younger than the man, and the other wife was much old er. The older wife was embarrassed at being married to man much younger than her self. At night, whenever he was with her, she would pluck out all of his hairs t hat were not gray. The younger woman was equally embarrassed at being married to a man so much older than herself. At night, whenever he was with her, she would pluck out all of hairs that were gray. Between the two wives, the man was soon left without a hair on his head. It is impossible to outwit time. The Wolf and the Goat An Aesop Fable A wolf, who was out searching for a meal, s aw a goat feeding on grass on top of a high cliff. Wishing to get the goat to cl imb down from the rock and into his grasp, he called out to her. "Excuse me, dea r Goat," he said in a friendly voice, "It is very dangerous for you to be at suc h a height. Do come down before you injure yourself. Besides, the grass is much greener and thicker down here. Take my advice, and please come down from that hi gh cliff." But the goat knew too well of the wolf's intent. "You don't care if I injure myself or not. You don't care if I eat good grass or bad. What you care about is eating me." Beware of friendly advice from an enemy.