The Donkey And The Old Shepherd
Aesop Fable: The Donkey And The Old Shepherd
A shepherd, watching his Donkey feeding in a meadow, was
alarmed all of a sudden by the cries of the enemy. He appealed
to the Donkey to fly with him, lest they should both be
captured, but the animal lazily replied, "Why should I, pray?
Do you think it likely the conqueror will place on me two
sets of panniers?"
"No," rejoined the Shepherd.
"Then," said the Donkey, "as long as I carry the panniers,
what matters it to me whom I serve?’
In a change of government the poor change nothing beyond the name of their master.
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