[Picture: The enraged Ox]
This is what might have been expected, my lad! You have been teasing and
worrying that animal, till it is become quite furious, and now you must
take the consequence. It was as tame and quiet as any ox in Smithfield,
till you began to pull it by the tail, and beat it about the horns; and
now, (as oxen do not know they ought not to be revengeful,) you cannot be
surprised if it should give you a toss or two. Cruel folks are always
cowardly, and it is no wonder to see you running away in such a dreadful
fright.