Every night, Lilica walks four miles in the dark, braving the rush hour traffic, just to bring food back to the other animals in her 'family' – a dog, a cat, a few chickens and a mule.
Some pitied Alnaschar, others only laughed at him, but the vanity which had gone to his head had disappeared with his basket of glass, and he was loudly bewailing his folly when a lady, evidently a person of consideration, rode by on a mule.
A Mule, frolicsome from want of work and from overmuch corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself: "My father surely was a high-mettled racer, and I am his own child in speed and spirit.
The Mule carrying the treasure walked with head erect, and tossed up and down the bells fastened to his neck.
The king willingly gave what was asked, which was a mule laden with gold, and the third brother came home with the greatest treasure of all.
The king willingly gave what was asked, which was a mule laden with gold, and the third brother came home with the greatest treasure of all.
" "I should really have voted for myself," said the mule, "if I had not been one of the judges on the committee.