一頭驢子懇求馬可以分給他一小部分食物。馬對他說： “如果現在分給你一些的話，我也會挨餓了。到了晚上我們回到畜欄的時候，我會分給你更多的。 ”驢子回答他： “還是算了吧，你現在連一小部分都不舍得給我，難道到時候你會給我更多嗎？ ”
現在得不到的施舍，也不要指望將來可以得到。
A a Horse to spare him a small portion of his feed. “Yes，” said the Horse，“if a of what I am ing I will give it you for the sake of my nity，and if you will e when I rea stall in the evening，I will give you a little sack full of barley.” The Ass replied，“Thank you. But I k that you， who refuse me a little matter now，will by and by e a greater be.”
Without the prese the future.