Mulus equos non amat (The mule does not like the horses)
Benedict and Stephen are monks. The monks live in the monastery. Paul is a student in the school. The students live in the monastery with the monks. The mule lives in the field with the horses. The mule often works in the fields. The horses do not work with the mule. The mule does not like the horses.

Umbrae in silvis (Shadows in the woods)
Benedict longs for wine. And so Paul buys wine in the town and walks to the monastery with the mule. The mule carries the wine. Now they are in the wood. The mule often walks in the woods, but he does not like the woods because in the woods there are shadows. The mule likes neither shadows nor sacks. The mule longs for his friends in the field.