As it was the time at which he was accustomed on such a day to bathe and cleanse himself, he said: “Oh, Agathopus, take and guard these figs carefully, for when I return from the bath I shall begin my meal with them.” But as Agathopus took the figs and looked at them, an uncontrollable urge to gluttony arose within him; he looked again and again at the figs in the presence of one of his comrades, and the two of them together looked at them. And he said; “If I were not afraid of our master I would eat these figs one after another.” His companion replied: “I will tell you how to do it in such a way that we will suffer no harm on their account.” Agathopus said: “How can this be?” Said the other: “This is easy for us, for Aesop comes every day to get the bread you are accustomed to give him. And when the lord asks for his figs, we will say that Aesop, coming in from his toil and finding the figs in the pantry, ate them. And when Aesop is sent for, with that slowness and stammer of his, he will not be able to defend himself or make any excuse, and the lord will beat him, and we will get what we want.” Agathopus, having heard this advice, with his desire for the figs began without further thought to eat, and as he ate them with great pleasure and joy Agathopus said laughing: “Grief and sadness will be your lot, Aesop, for upon your shoulders our lord will furiously avenge our guilt.” And so, talking and laughing, they ate up all the figs.