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THE OXEN once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who
practiced a trade destructive to their race. They assembled on a
certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns
for the contest. But one of them who was exceedingly old (for many a
field had he plowed) thus spoke: "These Butchers, it is true,
slaughter us, but they do so with skillful hands, and with no
unnecessary pain. If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the
hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double death: for
you may be assured, that though all the Butchers should perish, yet
will men never want beef."
Moral:
Do not be in a hurry to
change one evil for another
The Oxen and the Butchers
Fable
A Fable
by
Aesop |
