A Ploughman yoked his Ox and his Ass 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 yoke, 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.”
有一个农夫把公牛和驴一起套在耕犁上犁地。这两个动物之间配合很差，但是农夫却没有办法，因为他只有一头公牛。那天傍晚，两个牲口被从轭上松开，驴对公牛说：“唉，我们这一天可真累啊。现在我们谁来驮主人回家呢？”面对这个问题，公牛很是惊讶。“啊呀，那肯定是你啊，往常都是你嘛。”