A wolf had stolen a lamb and was carrying it off to his lair to eat it. But his plans were very much changed when he met a lion, who, without making any excuses, took the lamb away from him. The wolf made off to a safe distance, and then said in a much injured tone:"You have no right to take my property like that!"The lion looked back, but as the wolf was too far away to be taught a lesson without too much inconvenience, he said:"Your property? did you buy it, or did the shepherd make you a gift of it? pray tell me, how did you get it?" 
What is evil won is evil lost. 