Tara

31 Fairness

1	A poor Widow had a solitary Sheep due to be sheared.
2	Wishing to avoid any expense, the Widow sheared him herself but used shears so poor that she badly sheared the flesh as well.
3	The Sheep in great distress and pain did cry out and say thus: Why do you hurt me so, Mistress?
4	For what weight can my blood add to the wool?
5	If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an instant.
6	But if you want my fleece and wool, there is the shearer, who will shear and not hurt me.