The Goat And The Donkey
Aesop Fable: The Goat And The Donkey
A man once kept a Goat and an Donkey. The Goat, envying the
Donkey on account of his greater abundance of food, said, "How
shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the
mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens"; and he further
advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a
ditch and so obtain rest.
The Donkey listened to his words, and falling into a ditch, was very
much bruised. His master, sending
for a leech, asked his advice. He bade him pour upon
the wounds the lungs of a Goat. They at once killed the
Goat, and so healed the Donkey.
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