A shepherd who was tending a herd of oxen lost his calf. He looked for him everywhere, did not find him, and then made a vow to Zeus to sacrifice a kid if the thief was found.
But then he entered a grove and saw that his calf was being devoured by a lion. In horror, he raised his hands to the sky and exclaimed:
- Lord Zeus! I promised you a kid of a goat as a sacrifice if I could find the thief, and now I promise you an ox if I can save myself from the thief.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru