AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly and carefully provided for, while he himself had scarcely enough to eat and not even that without hard work. —-
But when war broke out, a heavily armed soldier mounted the Horse, and riding him to the charge, rushed into the very midst of the enemy. —-
The Horse was wounded and fell dead on the battlefield. —-
Then the Ass, seeing all these things, changed his mind, and commiserated the Horse.