The Heifer and the Ox - Mar 17

Said the Heifer to the Ox: “O‘ sorry Ox, How terrible to work your heavy yoke, All day to wheel around that grinding spoke!” She lay lazy in the shade of nearby rocks. But Ox plowed onwards. Hearing Heifer’s knocks, And paying no heed to her pitiful smoke, He laboured, knowing well the dreadful joke Which soon was to repay her mindless mocks. And just then came a large procession near, Garbed in diadems and resplendent frills; “O‘ Heifer, if only you’d known your lot, You’d have held your tongue and lived life in fear!“ The priests, dragging Heifer to the high hills, Offered her to gods whose favors they sought. (Inspired by Aesop's "The Heifer and the Ox".)