. Beasts and men . llingly, answered the lord, and I hope this timethat you will pay heed to what I say. Take care not to loadyour ass too heavily, for if you do so he will bray, and if hebrays three times running I predict that you wilt Oh dear me ! sighed the peasant. I am the mostunfortunate of men. Each prediction about my future seemsto be an unhappy one. Nevertheless, I am very muchobliged to you, sir. Good day. And he took oflF his capto the lord and bowed, and lurched off bapk to his tree. For a long time he worked busily, and found so muchwood that his little cart soon b
. Beasts and men . llingly, answered the lord, and I hope this timethat you will pay heed to what I say. Take care not to loadyour ass too heavily, for if you do so he will bray, and if hebrays three times running I predict that you wilt Oh dear me ! sighed the peasant. I am the mostunfortunate of men. Each prediction about my future seemsto be an unhappy one. Nevertheless, I am very muchobliged to you, sir. Good day. And he took oflF his capto the lord and bowed, and lurched off bapk to his tree. For a long time he worked busily, and found so muchwood that his little cart soon became full. Then he remem-bered what the lord had told him about loading his ass tooheavily, but he was so avaricious that he could not m^eup his mind to stop. One more branch wont msdie anydifference, he kept on saying as he piled more and morewood into the cart. At last the poor donkey could standno more and, lifting his head, he uttered a loud Hee-haw ! At this the peasant turned pale with fright. Stop, stop,J04. HALLO MY MAN, CRIED THE LORD FOLK TALES OF BEASTS AND MEN what are you doing ? he cried. Oh, my dear little ass,I beg you not to bray again. I will not put another branchinto the cart. We will go home straight away and you shallhave carrots for supper ! So saying, he climbed to his seat and shook the reins asa signal for departure. The donkey pulled and pulled, butnot an inch would the cart budge, although he strained hismuscles to the utmost. Finding all his efforts vain, he turnedhis head and once again gave utterance to a loud bray ofprotest. Oh, dear me, thats twice ! cried the peasant, jumpingdown from his perch. If he brays once more Im a deadman. Do you hear that, little ass ? For goodness sake,remain dumb until we reach home, and Ill help you pull thecart! Freed of the peasants weight, the load for a timewas easier to pull, but at the end of another ten minutes theweight began to tell again. The ass stopped and brayedloudly for the third time. Thats finished
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