A heifer, seeing an ox at work, pitied him for his toil. But when a festival came, they released the ox and seized the heifer for slaughter. Seeing this, the ox smiled and said to her, “Ah, heifer, this is why you were left idle: you were to be sacrificed today.” The fable shows that danger awaits the idle.
Δάμαλις βοῦν ὁρῶσα ἐργαζόμενον, ἐταλάνιζεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῷ κόπῳ. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἑορτὴ κατέλαβε, τὸν βοῦν ἀπολύσαντες, τὴν δάμαλιν ἐκράτησαν τοῦ σφάξαι. Ἰδῶν δὲ ὁ βοῦς ἐμειδίασε καὶ πρὸς αὐτὴν εἶπεν· ,, ὦ δάμαλις, διὰ τοῦτο ἤργεις, διότι ἔμελλες ἀρτίως τυθῆναι.“
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι τὸν ἀργοῦντα κίνδυνος μένει.
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