(Mishnah): If Reuven left an animal in the sun, or gave it over to a Cheresh (deaf-mute), lunatic or child to watch and it got out and damaged, he is liable;

If he gave it over to a shepherd to watch, the shepherd is liable in place of Reuven.

If it fell into a garden and benefited, Reuven pays what it benefited;

If it went down normally and damaged, Reuven pays what it damaged.

How does it pay what it damaged? We estimate how much a Beis Se'ah of the field was worth, and how much it decreased due to the damage to the one patch. (A Beis Se'ah is the area in which a Se'ah (about 12 liters) of seed are sown, i.e. 50 Amos by 50 Amos.)

R. Shimon says, if it ate finished fruit, it pays for finished fruit. If it ate one Se'ah, it pays for one Se'ah. If it ate two Sa'im, it pays for two Sa'im.

(Gemara - Beraisa): If a shepherd gave the flock to another shepherd, the first shepherd is liable and the second is exempt.

(Rav and Reish Lakish): Since [the first] shepherd gave it to someone with Da'as (intelligence), he is exempt.

(Mishnah): If he gave it over to a shepherd to watch, the shepherd is liable in place of him. If it fell into a garden and benefited, he pays for the benefit.

(Rav Huna): This is when it banged on grass, but if it stood and grazed, he pays what it damaged.

(Mishnah): If it fell into a garden and benefited, he pays what it benefited.

(R. Yosi ben Chaninah): For the same [patch in the] field it is exempt (it pays only the benefit). For a different field (patch) it is liable (what it damaged).

(R. Yochanan and Reish Lakish): Even if it grazed [and consumed] the entire field, it is exempt (it pays only the benefit);

It is never liable [what it damaged] until it goes out [from the field in which it fell] to Reshus ha'Rabim, and enters from Reshus ha'Rabim to another field.

Question: If it fell to a garden, and fell to another garden, what is the law?

Answer: According to R. Yosi ben Chaninah, who says that [only] for that patch it is exempt, here it is liable;

According to R. Yochanan and Reish Lakish, who say that even if it grazed the entire field, it is exempt; it is never liable [what it damaged] until it goes out from it to Reshus ha'Rabim, and from Reshus ha'Rabim to another field (and here it did not).

Implied suggestion: Rather, [even if] it fell to a place that it is proper to descend to it, or descended to a place that it is proper to fall to it [the beginning was negligence and the end was Ones, so he pays what it damaged]!

Objection (R. Yosi ben Chaninah): Our Mishnah [connotes unlike this! If it were true, the Mishnah should teach only falling to a place proper to fall or descend, that it pays what it damaged, we would know that it pays only the benefit for a place not proper to fall or descend, i.e. pure Ones!]

Rather, [even if] it fell to a place that it is proper to fall to it, or fell to a place that it is proper to descend to it [it pays only the benefit. This is called Ones. One need not hold his animal in Reshus ha'Rabim!]

Rebuttal: (Perhaps the suggestion is true, but the Mishnah could not teach only falling to a place proper to fall or descend.) It needed to teach this (falling) and needed to teach this (descending);

It needed to teach this (falling) and needed to teach this (descending);