A Dog asleep in a manger filled with hay, was awakened by the Cattle, which came in tired and hungry from working in the field. At last one day they flew up to fight it out, beak and claw. She wanted very much to be called Queen of Birds. The farmer climbed down from his seat and stood beside the wagon looking at it but without making the least effort to get it out of the rut. Look at the old fool, exclaimed one of them. Perched on the Ass, while that poor boy has to walk. But what about my reward! And they say that ever after, while the Eagle's eggs lie in the nest in spring, the Beetle still sleeps in the ground.For so Jupiter commanded.
It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.