{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes271.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes271.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes271.htm","text":"AN ASS besought a Horse to spare him a small portion of his feed. \"Yes,\" said the Horse; \"if any remains out of what I am now eating I will give it you for the sake of my own superior dignity, and if you will come when I reach my own stall in the evening, I will give you a little sack full of barley.\" The Ass replied, \"Thank you. But I can't think that you, who refuse me a little matter now. will by and by confer on me a greater benefit.\"","title":"The Ass and the Horse","type":"page"}