The Goat And The Ass
A man once kept a Goat and an Ass. The Goat, envying the Ass 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 Ass 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 Ass.
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