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FableNº 70

The Oxen and the Axle

Oxen were drawing a cart. As the axle creaked, they turned round and said to it, "Hey, friend, it's we who carry the whole load, and it's you who cry out!"

Some complain of exhaustion while others do all the work.
Moral

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