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The Oxen and the Axle-Trees Fable

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A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: "Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out."

Moral:

Those who suffer most cry out the least

 

The Oxen and the Axle-Trees Fable 
A Fable by 
Aesop

 

 

The Oxen and the Axle-Trees

What is a Fable? A Fable is a very short story with a Moral. It features a plant, animal, mythical creature or inanimate object which is brought to life in the story (anthropomorphised).  The moral is explained at the end of the fable.

Fables are described as succinct, brief, concise or very short stories with a moral.

The Oxen and the Axle-Trees Fable
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