The rooster has no pressure and no wine; this difference is in his favor.
The rooster is a dependent; he depends upon the farmer and the weather.

Midas is a dependent; he depends upon the farmer and the weather.

The rooster thinks only of the moment; Midas provides for to-morrow.

What does he provide for to-morrow?
Nothing that the rooster will not have without providing.
The rooster and the prosperous worker: they are born, they grub, they love; they grub and love grubbing; they grub and they die.
Neither knows beauty; neither knows knowledge.

And after all, when Midas dies and the rooster dies, there is one thing Midas has had and rooster has not.