2021-20 The Sheep, The Wolf, and the Stag

This weeks Scouter’s Minute is an Aesop’s Fable.

This week’s Scouter’s Minute is an Aesop’s Fable tilted. “The Sheep, The Wolf, and the Stag.

One day a Stag came to a Sheep and asked her to lend him a measure of wheat. The Sheep knew him for a very swift runner, who could easily take himself out of reach, were he so inclined. So she asked him if he knew someone who would answer for him.

“Yes, yes,” answered the Stag confidently, “the Wolf has promised to be my surety.”

“The Wolf!” exclaimed the Sheep indignantly. “Do you think I would trust you on such security? I know the Wolf! He takes what he wants and runs off with it without paying. As for you, you can use your legs so well that I should have little chance of collecting the debt if I had to catch you for it!”

The moral of this story is that two wrongs do not make a right.

As Scouts, we do our best to live the Scout Law. This includes being Trustworthy and Loyal. In the above fable, the sheep had little confidence that she would be paid back by the Stag. Especially since she found out that the Wolf would be the one paying the debt if the Stag could not. Knowing the true nature of the Wolf, the sheep did not agree to the deal as she felt that she would never be paid back.

In life, we will have the same experience as the sheep. It may be someone coming to you to borrow money. or even a business deal that your gut is telling you seems too good to be true. Just be sure to be honest in your own dealings and continue to be Trustworthy and Loyal.