A Fly sat on one of the shafts of a cart and said to the Mule who was pulling it, "How slow you are!Do mend your pace, or I shall have to use my sting as a goad."The Mule was not in the least disturbed."Behind me, in the cart," said he, "sits my master.He holds the reins, and flicks me with his whip, and him I obey, but I don't want any of your impertinence._I_ know when I may dawdle and when I may not."
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THE FLY AND THE DRAUGHT-MULE
A Fly sat on one of the shafts of a cart and said to the Mule who was pulling it, "How slow you are!Do mend your pace, or I shall have to use my sting as a goad."The Mule was not in the least disturbed."Behind me, in the cart," said he, "sits my master.He holds the reins, and flicks me with his whip, and him I obey, but I don't want any of your impertinence._I_ know when I may dawdle and when I may not."
