An Ass and a Dog were on their travels together, and, as they went along, they found a sealed packet lying on the ground. The Ass picked it up, broke the seal, and found it contained some writing, which he proceeded to read out aloud to the Dog. As he read on it turned out to be all about grass and barley and hay—in short, all the kinds of fodder that Asses are fond of. The Dog was a good deal bored with listening to all this, till at last his impatience got the better of him, and he cried, “Just skip a few pages, friend, and see if there isn't something about meat and bones.” The Ass glanced all through the packet, but found nothing of the sort, and said so. Then the Dog said in disgust, “Oh, throw it away, do: what's the good of a thing like that?”
一只驴和一只狗一起旅行，路上他们发现了一个系着口的包。驴把包捡了起来，解开发现里面装着的是一些写着字的东西。他便大声读出来给狗听。那上面都是关于青草、大麦、干草等驴感兴趣的内容。狗听来听去，十分不耐烦，最后终于爆发，叫道：“跳过一些页面吧，朋友，看看有没有关于肉和骨头的内容。”驴浏览完所有内容后，发现没有，便如实告诉了狗。狗嫌弃地说：“哦，那把它扔了吧，快点，留着这样的东西又有什么用呢？”