農夫遭遇了暴風雪，被困在牧場的小茅屋裏，沒辦法出去找食物。在開始的一段時間裏，他先用自己飼養的綿羊和山羊來充饑。可是，暴風雪似乎沒有停止的跡象，於是耕牛也成了他的食物。看到這種情況，看門狗意識到他們的命運，於是就在一起商量對策： “我想現在是我們逃離這個地方的時候了。主人既然連和他一起工作的耕牛都不肯放過，更不用說我們了！ ”
那些不善待親人的人是不值得我們信任的。
A Maorm in his try house，first of all killed his sheep，and then his goats，for the maintenance of his household. The storm still g，he was obliged to slaughter his yoke oxen for food. Ohis，his Dogs took sel together，and said，“It is time for us to be off，for if the master spare not his oxen，whain， hoect him to spare us?”
He is ed as a friend who mistreats his own family.