Fable 141 - The Horse and the Ass

A man had a horse and an ass. One day, while they were on the road, the ass said to the horse:
‘Take a bit of my burden if you value my life.’
The horse turned a deaf ear and the ass fell, exhausted, and died.
Then the master transferred the load on to the horse, as well as the flayed skin of the ass. The horse sighed and said:
‘Ah! I don’t stand a chance! Alas, what has befallen me! Because I didn’t want to carry a light load, now here I am carrying it all,
even the skin as well!’

This fable shows that if the strong stand by the weak, they preserve each other’s lives.