Illustrated: Asinus et Vitulus

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M0224 - M0225 - M0226

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225. Asinus et Vitulus. Asinus et vitulus, in eodem pascentes prato, sonitu campanae hostilem exercitum adventare praesenserant. Tum vitulus “Fugiamus hinc, O sodalis,” inquit, “ne hostes nos captivos abducant.” Cui asinus “Fuge tu,” inquit, “quem hostes occidere et esse consueverunt. Asini nihil interest, cui ubique eadem ferendi oneris est proposita conditio.”

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Barlow images. This is an image for a different fable but I thought it fit this one nicely too, since the donkey is definitely bearing a load but enjoying a bite to eat at the moment.

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M0225 (not in Perry). Source: Abstemius 8. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog, but Perry 476 is a very similar story about an old man and a donkey. For a fable where the young ox is indeed butchered, see #278.