A CERTAIN MAN, detained by a storm in his country house, first of
all killed his sheep, and then his goats, for the maintenance of
his household. The storm still continuing, he was obliged to
slaughter his yoke oxen for food. On seeing this, his Dogs took
counsel together, and said, “It is time for us to be off, for if
the master spare not his oxen, who work for his gain, how can we
expect him to spare us?’

He is not to be trusted as a friend who mistreats his own family.