Add punctuation: The cowherd said It must have run away The peasant however said Dont tell me that and led the cowherd before the mayor who for his carelessness condemned him to give the peasant a cow for the calf which had run away
The cow-herd said, "It must have run away." The peasant, however, said, "Don't tell me that," and led the cow-herd before the mayor, who for his carelessness condemned him to give the peasant a cow for the calf which had run away.