" Oh , we did not mean to be impolite , " replied a grey donkey which had not spoken before . " But you were not expected , nor did you send in your visiting cards , as it is proper to do . "
"О, мы не хотели быть невежливыми," ответил серый осел, который не говорил раньше. — Но вас не ждали, и вы не прислали своих визитных карточек, как подобает.
