"Answer this question--Do our people ever hurt your people? No; even though every year some of our children are killed by bad oxen and cows. "What is our food? It is nothing; but our lives are worth much to us. "Our Master never sends our people to work as he does the horses and oxen. He sends us food and allows us to play a year and a year the same, because he likes us best. "You see the Horses and Oxen are always at work. Some pull wagons, others plough land for rice; and they must work--sick or well. "Our people never work. Every day at happy time we play; and do you see how fat we are? "You never see our bones. Look at the old Horses and the old Oxen. Twenty years' work and no rest! "I tell you the Master does not honour the Horses and Oxen as he does the Pigs. "Friends, that is all I have to say. Have you any questions to ask? Is what I have said not the truth?" The old Cow said, "Moo, Moo," and shook her head sadly. The tired old Horses groaned, "Huh, Huh," and never spoke a word. The leader said, "My friends, it is best not to worry about things we cannot know. We do not seem to understand our Master. "It will soon be time for the New Year feast day; so, good night. And may the Pig people live in the world as long and happily as the Horses and the Oxen, although our Peace Party did not succeed." On their way home the little Pigs made a big noise, and every one said, "We, we! We win, we win!" Then the old Horses and Oxen talked among themselves. "We are stronger, wiser, and more useful than the Pigs," they said. "Why does the Master treat us so?" EE-SZE (Meaning): Why have some more power than others? Only one knows. Why have some longer life than others? Only one knows. Why do some try and not succeed; while others do not try and yet they do succeed? Only one knows. The Proud Chicken A Widow named Hong-Mo lived in a little house near the market place. Every year she raised many hundreds of chickens, which she sold to support herself and her two children. Each day the Chickens went to the fields near by and hunted bugs, rice, and green things to eat. The largest one was called the King of the Chickens, because of all the hundreds in the flock he was the strongest. And for this reason he was the leader of them all. He led the flock to new places for food. He could crow the loudest, and as he was the strongest, none dared oppose him in any way. One day he said to the flock, "Let us go to the other side of the mountain near the wilderness to-day, and hunt rice, wheat, corn, and wild silkworms. There is not enough food here." But the other Chickens said, "We are afraid to go so far. There are foxes and eagles in the wilderness, and they will catch us." The King of the Chickens said, "It is better that all the old hens and cowards stay at home." The King's secretary said, "I do not know fear. I will go with you." Then they started away together.