One day as an Ass was walking in the pasture, he found some Grasshoppers chirping merrily in a grassy corner of the field. The Dog tried to run away from them. And indeed, Mercury did appear, first to this one, then to that. One day they were sitting by the fire, watching some chestnuts roasting on the hearth. As the Ass walked along, the people bowed their heads reverently or fell on their knees, and the Ass thought the honor was being paid to himself. Presently the Peacock saw an Eagle soaring high up in the blue sky and felt a desire to fly, as he had been accustomed to do. It was now the Ass's turn to confess. Oh, much bigger! And when the farmer put his shoulder to the wheel and urged on the horses, the wagon moved very readily, and soon the Farmer was riding along in great content and with a good lesson learned.
Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.