The Oxen and the Butchers

英语自学网

The Oxen and the Butchers
        THE OXEN once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who
        practiced a trade destructive to their race.  They assembled on a
        certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns
        for the contest.  But one of them who was exceedingly old (for
        many a field had he plowed) thus spoke:  "These Butchers, it is
        true, slaughter us, but they do so with skillful hands, and with
        no unnecessary pain.  If we get rid of them, we shall fall into
        the hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double
        death:  for you may be assured, that though all the Butchers
        should perish, yet will men never want beef."
       
        Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another.