Aesop's Fables
A
BITCH, ready to
whelp, earnestly begged a
shepherd for a place where she might
litter. When her request was granted, she
besought permission to rear her
puppies in the same spot. The shepherd again consented. But at last the Bitch, protected by the
bodyguard of her Whelps, who had now grown up and were able to defend themselves, asserted her
exclusive right to the place and would not permit the shepherd to
approach.