Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

A pig who had engaged a cray-fish to pilot him along the beach in search of mussels, was surprised to see his guide start off backwards.

“Your excessive politeness quite overcomes me,” said the porker, “but don’t you think it rather ill bestowed upon a pig?  Pray don’t hesitate to turn your back upon me.”

“Sir,” replied the cray-fish, “permit me to continue as I am.  We now stand to each other in the proper relation of employé to employer.  The former is excessively obsequious, and the latter is, in the eyes of the former, a hog.”