伊索寓言：小母牛与公牛（The Heifer and the Ox ）

The Heifer and the Ox
　　小母牛与公牛
　　

A HEIFER saw an Ox hard at work harnessed to a plow, and tormented him with reflections on his unhappy fate in being compelled to labor. Shortly afterwards, at the harvest festival, the owner released the Ox from his yoke, but bound the Heifer with cords and led him away to the altar to be slain in honor of the occasion. The Ox saw what was being done, and said with a smile to the Heifer: "For this you were allowed to live in idleness, because you were presently to be sacrificed."

小母牛看见公牛在辛苦地干活，十分可怜他。可是祭祀时，主人家不用公牛，却捉住小母牛去宰杀。这时，公牛笑着对她说：「喂，小母牛，正因为你要作祭品，所以你就甚么活都不必干。」

这个故事带出的启示就是：危险等着那些游手好闲的人。