Watch me, if I fail to do your bidding, see if something is not wrong with my rigging or perhaps my feet are sore, due to shoes that do not fit me correctly, that you know is very painful. Keep me well shod so my feet do not pain me that I may serve you more efficiently. Examine my teeth when I do not eat. I may have an ulcerated tooth.
Blanket me when I come in all heated up and sweating, cover me with a sheet to help protect me against flies and mosquitos.
And finally, O, my master, when my useful strength is gone, do not turn me out to starve or freeze, or sell me to some cruel owner to be slowly torutred and stoned to death; but do thou, my master take my life in the kindest way and your God will reward you here and hereafter.
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