[Illustration: THE DOG IN THE MANGER.]
A Dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An Ox, being hungry, came
near, and offered to eat of the hay; but the envious ill-natured cur,
getting up and snarling at him, would not suffer him to touch it. Upon
which the Ox, in the bitterness of his heart, said, 'A curse light on
thee, for a malicious wretch, who wilt neither eat hay thyself, nor
suffer others to do it.'