THE SQUIRREL AND THE HORSE by Tomas de Iriarte

A SQUIRREL WAS WATCHING A SORREL HORSE, WHO,TAMING HIS SPURS AND REINS, WAS TRAINING TO GALLOP. SEEING HIM MOVING SO FAST AND WITH RHYTHM,HE SAID RATHER SHORTLY. MASTER, WITH SUCH VIGOR, LIGHTNESS AND TALENT, I AM NOT AFRAID, NO MATTER IF YOU DO EVEN MORE , I AM BRIGHT, ACTIVE, MOTIONLESS" THE COLT THEN STOPPED AND , VERY FORMALLY, IN THE FOLLOWING WAY ANSWERED THE SQUIRREL. so much going to and fro, so much going round in circles, (dear friend , tell me) is this of any use? I GET ANXIOUS, BUT NOT IN VAIN. I KNOW MY JOB, AND IN MY MASTER'S SERVICE I EXERT MYSELF TO SHOW OFF MY TALENT" MORAL:"SOME PEOPLE EXERT THEMSELVES AS MUCH IN FRIVOLOUS TASKS, AS OTHERS IN MORE IMPORTANT ONES"