The Widow and her Little Maidens

A widow woman, fond of cleaning, had two little maidens to wait on her. She was in the habit of waking them early in the morning, at cockcrow. The maidens, being aggrieved by such excessive labor, resolved to kill the cock who roused their mistress so early. When they had done this, they found that they had only prepared for themselves greater troubles, for their mistress, no longer hearing the cock, was unable to tell the time, and so, woke them up to their work in the middle of the night.

有个特别爱干净的寡妇，她有两个仆人。每天早晨，寡妇等公鸡一叫就催促她们起床干活。两个仆人因此愤愤不平，决定把那只叫早的公鸡杀了。然而，结果并非如他们所愿。因为，女主人没有像往常一样听到公鸡的叫声，反而比以前更早地叫醒他们，在半夜就让他们去干活了。

Unlawful acts to escape trials only increase our troubles.