There were some thieves who went into a house and found nothing but a Cock, whom they stole, and got off as fast as they could.
Upon arriving at home they prepared to kill the Cock, who thus pleaded for his life:
"Please spare me; I am very important and workable to men. I wake them up in the night to their work."
"That is the very reason why we must the more
kill you," they replied; "for when you wake your
neighbors, you entirely put an end to our
business."
Moral: The safeguards of virtue are
hateful to those with evil intentions.