Once upon a time the Oxen determined to be revenged on the Butchers for the destruction they caused in their ranks, and plotted to put them to death. They were all gathered together discussing how best to carry out the plan, and the more violent of them were engaged in sharpening their horns for the fray, when an old Ox got up upon his feet and said: "My brothers, you have good reason to hate these Butchers, but, at any rate, they understand their work and do what they have to do without causing us unnecessary pain. But if we kill them, others, who have no experience, will be sent to slaughter us, and will, by their bungling, inflict great sufferings upon us. For you may be sure that, even though all the Butchers perish, mankind will never go without beef."
The enemy you know is better than the enemy you don't.
