Fable 155 - The Gardener and the Dog

The gardener’s dog had fallen down a well. Wanting to save it, the gardener went down the well himself. But the dog,
imagining that the gardener was going to push him down even further, turned around and bit him. The gardener, in pain from
this wound, climbed out, saying:
‘It’s all the same to me. Why should I put myself out to save the beast when he wants to perish?’

This fable is addressed to those who are ungrateful and unjust.