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The Wild Donkey and the Wild Ox

“Who has given the wild donkey its freedom?
    Who has untied its ropes?
I gave it the wastelands as its home
    and the salt flats for its dwelling.
It scorns the noise of the city;
    it is not forced to obey a driver’s shouted order.

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“Who let the wild donkey(A) go free?
    Who untied its ropes?
I gave it the wasteland(B) as its home,
    the salt flats(C) as its habitat.(D)
It laughs(E) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(F)

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