Folk Tale

The Oxen and the Axle-Trees

Translated From

Βόες καὶ ἄξων

Author	Αἴσωπος
Language	Ancient Greek

Title	The Oxen and the Axle-Trees
Original Title	Βόες καὶ ἄξων
Original Author	Αἴσωπος
Original ID	trans-4786.xml
Book Author	George Fyler Townsend
Chapter Nr.	034
Language code	eng

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A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: "Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out." Those who suffer most cry out the least.

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