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The Oxen And The Axle-trees |
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Title: The Oxen And The Axle-trees Author: Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables) [More Titles by Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables)] A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of oxen. The axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly, when the oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: "Hallo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out." Those who suffer most cry out the least. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |