1he Cx and Lhe ColL

Cne day an ox and a colL arrlved aL Lhe waLer hole aL Lhe same Llme Lo drlnk lor a few mlnuLes Lhey
sLood and sLared aL each oLher llnally Lhe ox spoke Surely you'll wanL me Lo drlnk flrsL my young
frlend for l'm many years older Lhan you"
Should l leL you go flrsL merely because you've grown old?" asked Lhe colL 1he world Loday belongs Lo
Lhe young AfLer all young people haven'L made as many mlsLakes as your generaLlon has!"
Such dlsrespecL made Lhe ox angry buL he Lrled noL Lo show lL 1hen cerLalnly you wlll respecL me
because l've experlenced more of llfe Lhan you" sald Lhe ox
8uL Lhe colL argued uo you Lhlnk you've experlenced more Lhan l only because you have llved longer?
?ou forgeL LhaL Lhe world has changed 1he young Loday face more ln a few years Lhan you faced ln a
decade ln Lhe years of your youLh" sald Lhe colL
1hen honor me for whaL oxen have done Lrough Lhe years!" Lhe ox demanded
And whaL have oxen done LhaL's been so greaL?"
1hey've Lllled Lhe flelds of Lhe klngs!" Lhe ox crled
Pave Lhey?" replled Lhe colL ?ou've forgoLLen LhaL horses have carrled Lhe klngs Lhemselves on Lhelr
back for cenLurles 8eally all of your argumenLs so far have made me laugh!"
1hen lf l haven'L persuaded you wlLh my words" shouLed Lhe ox angrlly maybe l'll convlnce you wlLh
Lhls!" he puL down hls head and began Lo paw Lhe earLh ready Lo charge
So you wanL Lo flghL! ?ou'll be sorry!" exclalmed Lhe colL And he reared back anxlous Lo accepL Lhe
challenged of Lhe ox !usL Lhe colL saw someLhlng ouL of Lhe corner of hls eye As he looked up so dld
Lhe ox 1here Lhey saw several vulLures clrcllng overhead walLlng for Lhe klll
1he colL broughL hls feeL down Lo Lhe ground and sald Lo Lhe ox l do belleved slr LhaL we've
overlooked a fundamenLal facL here lL appears LhaL Lhere may be room enough for boLh of us Lo drlnk
here aL Lhe same Llme"

l Lhlnk frlend you may be correcL" replled Lhe ox 1hen as he looked Loward Lhe waLerhole he added
?es ln facL l'm sure you are rlghL"
And so Lhey drank aL Lhe waLerhole LogeLher LaLer as Lhey wenL Lhelr separaLe ways Lhe vulLures flew
away