{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes219.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes219.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes219.htm","text":"A FLY sat on the axle-tree of a chariot, and addressing the Draught-Mule said, \"How slow you are! Why do you not go faster? See if I do not prick your neck with my sting.\" The Draught-Mule replied, \"I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins. Away, therefore, with your insolence, for I know well when to go fast, and when to go slow.\"","title":"The Fly and the Draught-Mule","type":"page"}