A ploughman yoked2 his ox and his ass3 together, and set to work to plough his field. It was a poor makeshift of a team, but it was the best he could do, as he had but a single ox, At the end of the day, when the beasts were loosed from the yoke1, the ass said to the ox, "Well, we've had a hard day: which of us is to carry the master home?" The ox looked surprised at the question. "Why," said he, "you, to be sure, as usual."

　　農(nóng)夫給他的公牛和驢一起套上牛軛，然后趕著它們下地犁田。 這是一個糟糕的臨時組合，但農(nóng)夫已經(jīng)盡力了，因為他只有一頭公牛。干了一天活后，牲口被主人從牛軛里解放出來，驢對牛說：“我們可是度過了艱難的一天，我們兩個當(dāng)中，誰載著主人回家呢？” 聽了驢的話，牛似乎很驚訝，“怎么這么問呢，”他說，”當(dāng)然是你，像往常一樣。”