Long ago there was a large flood. The flood was so big that it reached the top of the giant rock a Wolf was sleeping on. The water came flooding over the top of the rock and the wolf woke up realizing he was stranded on this rock with no way to leave. He began to think about how it was Friday and how people sometimes Fast. He decided he would do a fast for the day while the water cleared out. He crossed his paws and prayed during this fast. A fairy watched him do this and thought that she should figure out if he was taking the fast seriously or not. She changed her form into a little kid and jumped onto the rock with the Wolf. The wolf noticed the kid and immediately decided to eat him. He jumped at the kid and the kid jumped back not allowing the wolf to catch him. The wolf could not catch the kid so finally gave up and decided to fast again. The fairy changed back to her form and condemned the wolf for doing the fast for the wrong reasons. She cursed him by making him stay on the rock for a whole other week and he had to do a weekly fast.
Bibliography:
Title: The Pious Wolf
Author: The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse with illustrations by W. Robinson
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