The Ox and the Ass.

Otago Witness, Issue 2209, 2 July 1896, Page 52

The Ox and the Ass.

During a snowstorm a couple of oxen in a comfortAble barn engaged in a conversation. "Whatakhid man our master is," said the brown one. "He feedi us well and lets us live in luxurious idleness. Is be not a cuckoo ?"

"Nib," said the roan _ "He is a coldblooded monster. You will observe that I eat sparingly of the food ho places before, us; His idea is to fatten us acd then sell us for-gain. We will then Le turned into steaks, roasts, *nd other delicacies for the tables of the rich. You are playing into his hands, while ,1 am a wise boy and will fool h ; m a trip." " You may be right," replied the brown bovine, " bub it does col; spoil my appetite. I shall nob overlook any bets for fear someone will get a tender loin out of my flank, I can die bub once, but I can cab several times. Better have another morsel of hay." The two oxen carried oat the plans they bad disoussed. i Sure enough, the fab brown one was • sold to a butcher, by whom he was killed 'in a humane manner. The roan one, he who boasted Of his -wisdom, grew thinner. The farmer pub him to a plough and m ide him work allsumnler, until the poor beast wished that he were dead. The next fall ho was sold without being given another chance to become > fat, and he then spent several yeara hermetically sealed up, in - tin cans.— New York Truth. t

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