A HEIFER saw an Ox hard at work harnessed to a plow1, and

　　tormented him with reflections on his unhappy fate in being

　　compelled to labor2. Shortly afterwards, at the harvest festival,

　　the owner released the Ox from his yoke3, but bound the Heifer

　　with cords and led him away to the altar to be slain4 in honor of

　　the occasion. The Ox saw what was being done, and said with a

　　smile to the Heifer: "For this you were allowed to live in

　　idleness, because you were presently to be sacrificed."