There was a miller , who left no more estate to the three sons he had , than his Mill , his Ass , and his Cat . The partition was soon made . Neither the scrivener nor attorney were sent for . They would soon have eaten up all the poor patrimony . The eldest had the Mill , the second the Ass , and the youngest nothing but the Cat .
Жил-был мельник, который оставил своим трем сыновьям не больше имущества, чем Мельница, Осел и Кошка. Перегородка вскоре была сделана. Ни за писцом, ни за адвокатом не послали. Они скоро съели бы все бедное наследство. У старшего была Мельница, у второго - Осел, а у младшего-только Кошка.