A pair of Oxen were drawing a heavily loaded wagon along a miry country road. What!, cried the Ants in surprise, haven't you stored anything away for the winter? All the difference in the world!, I don't care a rap for your feasts and I wouldn't take all the tender young lambs in the world at that price. Then an idea came to him. So, as soon as the Farmer had finished planting and had gone home, down they flew to the field, and began to eat as fast as they could. Ungrateful creatures! Well, then, snarled the Wolf, It was someone in your family anyway. Now it was the custom among the Greeks to take their pet monkeys and dogs with them whenever they went on a voyage. Not always! However small you may be, you are better than nothing at all.
The wise do not let themselves be tricked a second time.