"There is no fear of that!" answered the puppet, shrugging his shoulders and touching his forehead as much as to say: "There is so much sense here!"
Now it happened that one fine day, as he was on his way to school, he met several of his usual companions who, coming up to him, asked:
"Have you heard the great news?"
"No."
"In the sea near here a Dog-Fish has appeared as big as a mountain."
"Not really? Can it be the same Dog-Fish that was there when my papa was drowned?"
"We are going to the shore to see him. Will you come with us?"
"No; I am going to school."
"What matters school? We can go to school tomorrow. Whether we have a lesson more or a lesson less, we shall always remain the same donkeys."
"But what will the master say?"