A Horse, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway. The Ass, being heavily laden, moved slowly out of the way. “Hardly,” said the Horse, “can I resist kicking you with my heels.” The Ass held his peace, and made only a silent appeal to the justice of the gods. Not long afterwards the Horse, having become broken-winded, was sent by his owner to the farm. The Ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him: “Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?”
![](/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DALL·E-2024-03-03-20.07.17-A-vibrant-illustration-depicting-a-dynamic-scene-with-a-horse-and-a-donkey-frolicking-together-in-a-field-of-wildflowers.-The-horse-with-a-sleek-blac.webp)