As soon as he saw him his owner said, 'I was wondering he did not answer, for if he wasn't dead he'd have brayed when he heard us, or he'd have been no ass; but for the sake of having heard you bray to such perfection, gossip, I count the trouble I have taken to look for him well bestowed, even though I have found him dead.'
Y, en viéndole, dijo su dueño: ''Ya me maravillaba yo de que él no respondía, pues a no estar muerto, él rebuznara si nos oyera, o no fuera asno; pero, a trueco de haberos oído rebuznar con tanta gracia, compadre, doy por bien empleado el trabajo que he tenido en buscarle, aunque le he hallado muerto''.