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Miller and a mule
Eastern tale retold by Samuil Marshak
Illustrations: Arnold Tambovkin
Miller on a mule
Grandkid barefoot
Scolded by a crowd
Have you ever seen?
Have you ever heard?
Poor kid is walking
While prude is riding!
Miller is ashamed
Down on his feet
Criticized again
Have you ever heard?
Have you ever seen?
Ill-bread is riding
When old is walking!
Miller and a boy
Both on a mule
Again disapproved
Walking not on foot
Have you ever seen?
Have you ever heard?
Animal is tortured
By a human being!
Being all upset
Both walked afoot
Heard people calling
"Oh, poor fools!"
Mules are for pulls!
Have you ever heard?
Have you ever seen?
Miller didn't know
How to use a mule!
Looking odd and rough
Old man lifts a mule
Got again out-laughed
Have you ever seen?
Have you ever heard?
Mule on a donkey
What a fool old rusty!
Translated by Elga J.
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