![]() We are often not so eager for what we seek, after we have found it.ĭo not foolishly ask for things that would bring ruin if they were granted. Now I promise you a full-grown Bull, if you but make the thief go away!" As he wandered about in search of food and shelter, he came to a cave, which he entered and found to be unoccupied. "Alas, O Jupiter, man does not know what he asks! To find the thief I offered to sacrifice a fat Calf. A A A Slave ran away from his master, by whom he had been most cruelly treated, and, in order to avoid capture, betook himself into the desert. In great terror the Shepherd fell on his knees. The Shepherd searched a long time without finding any Wolves, but just as he was passing near a large cave on the mountain side, a huge Lion stalked out, carrying a Sheep. But before starting out he made a vow to Jupiter that if he would help him find the thief he would offer a fat Calf as a sacrifice. The flock Israel is safely sheltered in God. The Shepherd suspected a Wolf of the deed and so set out toward a rocky region among the hills, where there were caves infested by Wolves. The shepherd God goes before his flock leading them to the pastures and to places where it may rest by the waters, who protects it with his staff and gathers the dispersed. Much irritated, he very loudly and boastfully declared that he would catch the thief and punish him as he deserved. Abstract : The images of the lion, the shepherd, along with the master of animals, though closely associated in the realm of sovereignty, have not been the object of what could be called an associative or interactive analysis.
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