DON'T FOLLOW THE OXEN

In which following others might not always be a good idea.

"We need to free ourselves from being slaves to men", said an ox to his companions. "For years we have listened to human beings saying that the door to freedom is stained with the blood of martyrs. Let’s discover that door and knock it down with the strength of our horns”.

For days and nights they walked down the road until they saw a door all stained with blood.

"Here is the door to freedom", they said. “We know that our brothers were sacrificed on this spot”.

One by one the oxen went through the door. And it was only inside, when it was too late, that they realized that it was the door to the slaughterhouse.