AN ASS1 congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly and

　　carefully provided for, while he himself had scarcely enough to

　　eat and not even that without hard work. But when war broke out,

　　a heavily armed soldier mounted the Horse, and riding him to the

　　charge, rushed into the very midst of the enemy. The Horse was

　　wounded and fell dead on the battlefield. Then the Ass, seeing

　　all these things, changed his mind, and commiserated2 the Horse.