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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