The deer and the vine

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Le Cerf et la vigne

The deer and the vine (French: Le Cerf et la vigne ) is the 15th fable in the fifth book of the collection of fables, Fables Choisies, Mises En Vers by Jean de La Fontaine .

The fable is a warning example that one should not abuse granted protection in an ungrateful way. It tells the story of the death of a stag whose life is in danger as a result of a hunt. A high grapevine gives him cover so that he escapes the hunters first. When he thought he was safe, the deer began to eat the leaves of the vine and betrayed itself by the resulting eating noise, the hunters returned and he fell victim to the pack of dogs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jean de La Fontaine: Fables Choisies, Mises En Vers. P. 79 , accessed on January 20, 2020 (French).
  2. ^ Wolfgang Matzat: Perspektiven des Romans: Raum, Zeit, Gesellschaft: A Romance contribution to the theory of genres . Springer-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-476-05375-6 , pp. 184 ( google.de [accessed on January 20, 2020]).