The bird set the table while the mouse prepared the food. She jumped into the pot, as the sausage had always done, in order to slither and weave in and about the vegetables and grease them, but before she reached the middle, her hair and skin were scalded off, and she perished.

When the bird wanted to eat, no cook was there. Beside himself, he threw the wood this way and that, called out, looked everywhere, but no cook was to be found. Because of his carelessness, the scattered wood caught fire, and the entire house was soon aflame. The bird rushed to fetch water, but the bucket fell into the well, carrying him with it, and he drowned.

小鸟把桌子铺好了，老鼠把菜也做好了，但当老鼠去盛菜时，热气一冲，它一子就掉进了锅里 ，连淹带烫死去了。 小鸟来到厨房想把饭菜端到桌子上去，可它没有看到厨师。 它把柴枝翻来翻去扔得到处都是，这里叫，那里喊，每个地方都寻遍了，就是找不到厨师。 就在这时，灶里的火掉到柴枝上，柴枝马上燃了起来。 小鸟急忙去担水，但匆忙间又把木桶掉到井里去了，它也跟着一起掉了下去。 一个好端端的家庭就这样完了。