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Within the memory of the youngest child there was a family of rabbits who lived near a pack of wolves. The wolves announced that they did not like the way the rabbits were living. (The wolves were crazy about the way they themselves were living, because it was the only way to live.) One night several wolves were killed in an earthquake and this was blamed on the rabbits, for it is well known that …

… you think the wolves will do now? Will they be satisfied after they have eaten the rabbits? How do you think the wolves could have been stopped? This fable was first published in 1940. What do you think Thurber was thinking of when he wrote it? Who do you think the wolves, the rabbits and the other animals represent? What other political situations can you think of that are (or were) similar to the fable?