The Heifer And The Ox
Aesop Fable: The Heifer And The Ox
A heifer saw an ox hard at work harnessed to a plow, and
tormented him with reflections on his unhappy fate in being
compelled to labor.
Shortly afterwards, at the harvest
festival, the owner released the Ox from his yoke, but bound
the Heifer with cords and led him away to the altar to be
slain in honor of the occasion.
The Ox saw what was being
done, and said with a smile to the Heifer: "For this you
were allowed to live in idleness, because you were presently
to be sacrificed."
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