The Thieves And The Cock
Some Thieves broke into a house and found nothing but a Cock, whom
they stole, and got off as fast as they could. Upon arriving at home
they prepared to kill the Cock, who thus pleaded for his life: "Pray
spare me; I am very serviceable to men. I wake them up in the night
to their work." "That is the very reason why we must the more kill
you," they replied; "for when you wake your neighbors, you entirely
put an end to our business."
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.
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