農場主人養了一匹馬和一匹驢子。快過年了，主人趕著牠們去城裡採買年貨，這一次主人買的東西特別多，馬和驢子身上載得滿滿的。
驢子感冒了，載起東西來特別吃力，當牠們走上山路時，驢子開始覺得不舒服，就對馬說：「馬大哥，我快喘不過氣，你可不可以幫我載一點貨。」馬不高興地回答：「我載的東西也很重，怎麼有可能再幫你。」驢子沒辦法，只好咬著牙，慢慢往前走，沒多久牠開始頭昏，這時驢子再次求馬說：「馬大哥，我真的快不行，請你幫幫我吧！」馬回答：「哼！我也快不行了，你自求多福吧！」
沒走幾步路，驢子腿一軟倒了下來。主人看看驢子說：「真倒楣，怎麼在這裡死掉，這裡沒人也沒車，只好讓馬來載東西了。」主人就把驢子載的東西放到馬背上，然後繼續趕路。馬痛苦地說：「我真是活該呀！誰叫我見死不救，如果我幫驢子載一點東西就好了，驢子不會死，我現在也不用背這麼多東西，哇──好重喔！」
A farmer had a horse and a donkey. New year was almost here, and the farmer brought the horse and the donkey to the market to buy new year goods. The farmer bought many things and loaded them onto the backs of the horse and the donkey.
But the donkey was sick and had a hard time carrying so many things. As they climbed the mountain, the donkey felt uncomfortable and asked the horse, “Brother horse, I can’t breathe, could you help me carry some things?” The horse was unhappy and replied, “My load is also very heavy, I cannot help you.” The donkey had no choice but to move forward slowly. Soon the donkey began to feel dizzy. He begged the horse, “Brother Horse, I can’t take it anymore, please help me!” Horse replied, “I can’t take it anymore either. Sorry, but I cannot help you!”
After a while, the donkey collapsed and died. The farmer looked at the donkey and said, “Too bad the donkey is dead and I don’t have a cart, I can only put these goods on the horse.” The farmer put the donkey’s goods on the horse and continued on his way home. The horse said painfully, “I am so regretful. I shouldn’t have ignored the donkey, if I had helped him to carry some of the goods, he wouldn’t have died, and I wouldn’t have to carry so many things now. Gosh… This is heavy!”
