The lambs are having a tough time of it. The wolves, in desperation, will stop at nothing to prevent them from having a quiet drink. You can't beat a nice bit of mutton. Our hero, a modern young lamb, has managed many a time to escape the wolves'clutches by the skin of his teeth but as La Fontaine said,"The strong always win, which you will be shown forthwith, and his attempted flight to the new world ends in tragedy.