attr. Æsop, Three Hundred Aesop's Fables — The Thief and the House-Dog (1887)
“ A Thief came in the night to break into a house. He brought with him several slices of meat, that he might pacify the House-dog, so that he should not alarm his master by barking. As the Thief threw him the pieces of meat, the Dog said, "If you think to stop my mouth, you will be greatly mistaken. ”
