The Hare and the Hound
A Hound having started a Hare from his form, after a long run, gave up the chase.
A goat-herd, seeing him stop, mocked him, saying: “The little one is the best runner of the two.”
The hound replied; “You do not see the difference between us; I was only running for a dinner, but he for his life.”
MORAL: “Incentive spurs effort.”