农夫给他的公牛和驴一起套上牛轭，然后赶着它们下地犁田。这是一个糟糕的临时组合，但农夫已经尽力了，因为他只有一头公牛。干了一天活后，牲口被主人从牛轭里解放出来，驴对牛说：“我们可是度过了艰难的一天，我们两个当中，谁载着主人回家呢？”听了驴的'话，牛似乎很惊讶，“怎么这么问呢，”他说，“当然是你，像往常一样。”
【农夫、驴和公牛的故事寓意】
农夫、驴和公牛这篇寓言故事寓意是：有些事情是人人都可以做的，但是有些事情是只有一些人可以做的。
【农夫、驴和公牛的英文版】
THE PLOUGHMAN, THE ASS, AND THE OX
A Ploughman yoked his Ox and his Ass together, and set to work to plough his field. It was a poor makeshift of a team, but it was the best he could do, as he had but a single Ox. At the end of the day, when the beasts were loosed from the yoke, the Ass said to the Ox, “Well,we’ve had a hard day: which of us is to carry the master home?” The Ox looked surprised at the question. “Why,” said he, “you, to be sure, as usual.”