cum tristem servitutem flerent Attici, non quia crudelis ille, sed quoniam grave omne insuetis onus, et coepissent queri, Aesopus talem tum fabellam rettulit.
The Athenians now bewailed their dismal state of servitude, not that their ruler was unkind, but any load is hard to bear for those unused to it. When they began to murmur, Aesop told them this little tale:
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