The Goat and the Ass
By Aesop
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 that he should pretend to be epileptic, and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest. The Ass gave credence 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 blood of a Goat. They at once killed the Goat, and so healed the Ass.
Moral:
In injuring others we are apt to receive greater injury.
Source Book
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
Translated by unknown
Illustrated by: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
Copyright 1881
Published by WM. L. Allison, New York
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