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The Crow And The Sheep

  • ️Mon Jul 08 2024

"Crow and the sheep" is one of Aesop's Fables. A crow perches on a sheep's back, much to the latter's annoyance. Next day, the sheep calls the crow out if it did the same to a dog, then the dog would kill it. The crow admits it knows that and it only respects the strong, not the weak.


Tropes:

  • Bullying a Dragon: Defied. The sheep calls the crow out it would not dare to sit on a dog's back. The crow admits that because it knows a dog would kill it for that.
  • Defied Trope: With Bullying a Dragon. The sheep calls the crow out it would not dare to sit on a dog's back. The crow admits that because it knows a dog would kill it for that.
  • Minimalist Cast: The crow and sheep are the only two characters appearing in this tale.
  • Nameless Narrative: No one is ever named in this tale.
  • The Noun and the Noun: It is called "crow and the sheep".

Alternative Title(s): Crow And The Sheep, The Sheep And The Crow, Sheep And The Crow