THE HORSE AND THE GROOM

THERE was once a Groom who used to spend long hours clipping and combing the Horse of which he had charge, but who daily stole a portion of his allowance of oats, and sold it for his own profit. The Horse gradually got into worse and worse condition, and at last cried to the Groom, “ If you really want me to look sleek and well, you must comb me less and feed me more.”

The Fox and the Crow