There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine, for every day when he visited the nest, the Goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off. Now the heat had affected the Driver as much as it had the Traveler, and even more, for he had been walking. The most stupid of the three is not the one you would expect it to be. Why, I have eyes and ears and as many legs as he! So the old Crab tried and tried to walk straight forward. But the Boar kept right on with his work. In mournful croaks they begged Jupiter to take away the cruel tyrant before they should all be destroyed. We are drawing all the weight, not you, and we are keeping still about it besides.
Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.