A man toiled on a burning road, 
Never resting. 
Once he saw a fat, stupid ass 
Grinning at him from a green place. 
The man cried out in rage, 
"Ah! Do not deride me, fool! 
I know you -- 
All day stuffing your belly, 
Burying your heart 
In grass and tender sprouts: 
It will not suffice you." 
But the ass only grinned at him from the green place.