The Ass and the Old Shepherd

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The Ass and the Old Shepherd
        A SHEPHERD, watching his Ass feeding in a meadow, was alarmed all
        of a sudden by the cries of the enemy.
        He appealed to the Ass to
        fly with him, lest they should both be captured, but the animal
        lazily replied, "Why should I, pray? Do you think it likely the
        conqueror will place on me two sets of panniers?'
        "No," rejoined
        the Shepherd.
        "Then," said the Ass, "as long as I carry the
        panniers, what matters it to me whom I serve?'
       
        In a change of government the poor change nothing
        beyond the name of their master.