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A man once kept a goat and and ass. The goat, envying the ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, "How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens." And, he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest. The ass listened to his words, and, falling into a ditch, was very much bruised. His master, sending for a leech, asked his advice. He bade him pour upon the wounds the lungs of a goat. They at once killed the goat, and so healed the ass.
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