There was a Shepherd who was once watching his Ass who were feeding in a meadow. He was alarmed all of a sudden by the cries of the enemy.
He asked to the Ass to fly with him, so that
they should both be captured, but the animal
lazily replied, "Why should I, pray? Do you
think it likely the conqueror will place on me
two sets of panniers?' "No," rejoined the
Shepherd. "Then," said the Ass, "as long as I
carry the panniers, what matters it to me whom I
serve?'
Moral: In a change of government the
poor change nothing beyond the name of their
master.