Well, you waited an extra day for the answers from last time, so I won’t make you wait any longer.

The lesson from The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, according to Aesop, is: “The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit.”  I wonder what lesson you came up with…

And the answer to the riddle: How did the two fathers and two sons only come back with three fish?  There were only three of them: The grandfather, father, and son—two fathers (grandpa and dad), and two sons (dad and son).

Today’s fable is The Boy & the Filberts:

A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts. But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again. There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once. Vexed and disappointed he began to cry.

“My boy,” said his mother, “be satisfied with half the nuts you have taken and you will easily get your hand out. Then perhaps you may have some more filberts some other time.”

What do you think the lesson is?

(And if you’re wondering what a filbert is, it’s another name for a hazelnut!)

And now for today’s riddle:

A bus driver is heading down the street. He goes right past a stop sign without stopping, turns left where there’s a “no left turn” sign, and goes the opposite direction on a one-way street. Then he goes on the left side of the road past a police car. But the policeman, who saw everything, does nothing—because the bus driver didn’t break any traffic laws. How is that possible?