A MAN once kept a Goat and an Ass. The Goat, envying the Ass on account
of his greater abundance of food, said, “How shamefully you are
treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying
heavy burdens;” and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic
and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest. The Ass listened to his
words, and falling into a ditch, was very much bruised. His master,
sending for a leech, asked his advice. He bade him pour upon the wounds
the lungs of a Goat. They at once killed the Goat, and so healed the
Ass.