它对主人说：“主人，狮子在这儿，我把它料理妥当了。”
当主人看见它的这匹老马后，对它产生了怜悯之心，说道：“你就住在马厩里吧，我会好好待你的。”於是，这匹可怜的老马又有了吃的东西，主人一直供养它到死去。
A peasant had a faithful horse which had grown old and could do no more work, so his master no longer wanted to give him anything to eat and said, "I can certainly make no more use of you, but still I mean well by you, and if you prove yourself still strong enough to bring me a lion here, I will maintain you. But for now get out of my stable." And with that he chased him into the open field.
The horse was sad, and went to the forest to seek a little protection there from the weather. There the fox met him and said, "Why do you hang your head so, and go about all alone?"
"Alas," replied the horse, "greed and loyalty do not dwell together in one house. My master has forgotten what services I have performed for him for so many years, and because I can no longer plow well, he will give me no more food, and has driven me out."