▁ears ▁and ▁is ▁ch ast ised . ▁As ▁well ▁as ▁Greek ▁versions , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁later ▁ 5 th ▁century ▁Latin ▁version ▁by ▁Av ian us ▁which ▁was ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁William ▁Ca xt on . ▁The ▁moral ▁here ▁ca utions ▁against ▁pres umption . ▁Liter ary ▁all us ions ▁were ▁frequent ▁from ▁Class ical ▁times ▁and ▁into ▁the ▁Renaissance , ▁when ▁there ▁were ▁references ▁to ▁it ▁in ▁William ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁King ▁John . ▁La ▁Font aine ' s ▁F able ▁ 5 . 2 1 ▁( 1 6 6 8 ) ▁also ▁follows ▁this ▁version . ▁The ▁moral ▁La ▁Font aine ▁draw s ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁trust ▁to ▁appearances ▁and ▁that ▁clothes ▁do ▁not ▁make ▁the ▁man , ▁while ▁in ▁the ▁musical ▁interpretation ▁given ▁it ▁on ▁David ▁P . ▁Short land ' s ▁Australian ▁recording , ▁A es op ▁Go ▁H ip H op ▁( 2 0 1 2 ), ▁the ▁s ung ▁ch orus ▁after ▁the ▁hip ▁hop ▁narr ation ▁emphas ises ▁the ▁message , ▁" Be ▁yourself , ▁don ’ t ▁hide ▁behind ▁a ▁dis gu ise ". ▁ ▁Fol k ▁mot ifs ▁and ▁pro verb ial ▁use ▁In ▁India ▁the ▁same ▁situation ▁appears ▁in ▁Buddh ist ▁script ures ▁as ▁the ▁S ih ac amma ▁J ata ka . ▁Here ▁the ▁ass ' s ▁master ▁puts ▁the ▁l ion ' s ▁skin ▁over ▁his ▁be ast ▁and ▁turns ▁it ▁loose ▁to ▁feed ▁in ▁the ▁gra in ▁fields ▁during ▁his ▁travel s . ▁The ▁village ▁watch man ▁is ▁usually