The cock once said to the hen, "It is now the time when our nuts are ripe, so let us go to the hill together and for once eat our fill before the squirrel takes them all away." - "Yes," replied the hen, "come, we will have some pleasure together." Then they went away to the hill, and on it was a bright day they stayed till evening. Now I do not know whether it was that they had eaten till they were too fat, or whether they had become proud, but they would not go home on foot, and the cock had to build a little carriage of nut-shells. When it was ready, the little hen seated herself in it and said to the cock, "Thou canst just harness thyself to it." - "I like that!" said the cock, "I would rather go home on foot than let myself be harnessed to it; no, that is not our bargain. I do not mind being coachman and sitting on the box, but drag it myself I will not."

有一次，公鸡对母鸡说："现在正是核桃成熟的时候，我们要趁着松鼠还没有把核桃全部吃完，赶紧进山去吃个够。""对呀，"母鸡答道，"走吧，我们可以好好地享受享受。"它们于是就上了山，而且因为天气晴朗，一直在山上呆到天黑。 不知道它们究竟是因为吃多了撑着呢，还是因为它们突然变得心高气傲起来，它们竟然不愿意步行回家。 公鸡用核桃壳做了一辆小车。车子做好后，小母鸡坐了上去对公鸡说："你只管在前面拉车吧。""让我拉车？"公鸡嚷了起来，"我宁愿步行回家也不愿意拉车。不行，我决不答应！要我坐在车上当个车夫还可以，可要我拉车，这根本不可能。"