Prevod
A farmer was trapped on his farm by a winter storm. Unable to go out and find food for himself, he first ate his sheep. When the storm persisted, he feasted on his goats as well. Then, as there was still no letup, he turned to his plow oxen. Seeing what was happening, the dogs said to one another, “We must get away from here. If our master did not spare even the oxen that work alongside him, how will he spare us?” The story shows that we must be especially wary of those who do not shrink from harming even their own household.
Izvirnik
Γεωργὸς ὑπὸ χειμῶνος ἐναποληφθεὶς ἐν τῇ ἐπαύλει, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἠδύνατο προελθὼν τροφὴν ἑαυτῷ πορίσασθαι, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τὰ πρόβατα κατέφαγεν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὁ χειμών ἐπέμενε, καὶ τὰς αἶγας κατεθοινήσατο· ἐκ τρίτου δὲ, ὡς οὐδεμία ἄνεσις ἐγίνετο, καὶ ἐπὶ τούς ἀροτῆρας βοῦς ἐχώρησεν. Οἱ δὲ κύνες θεασάμενοι τὰ πραττόμενα, ἔφασαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους· ,,ἀπιτέον ἡμῖν ἐντεῦθεν· ὁ δεσπότης γὰρ εἰ οὐδὲ τῶν συνεργαζομένων βοῶν ἀπέσχετο, ἡμῶν πῶς φείσεται;“
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι δεῖ τούτους φυλάττεσθαι μάλιστα, οἳ οὐδὲ τῆς τῶν οἰκείων ἀδικίας ἀπέχονται.
