One
beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with bags of
salt to go to the market in order to sell them. The merchant and his
donkey were walking along together. They had not walked far when they
reached a river on the road.
Unfortunately, the donkey slipped and fell into the river and noticed that the bags of salt loaded on his back became lighter.
There was nothing the merchant could
do, except return home where he loaded his donkey with more bags of
salt. As they reached the slippery riverbank, now deliberately, the
donkey fell into the river and wasted all the bags of salt on its back
again.
The merchant quickly discovered the donkey’s trick. He then returned home again but re-loaded his donkey with bags of sponges.
The foolish, tricky donkey again set
on its way. On reaching the river he again fell into the water. But
instead of the load becoming lighter, it became heavier.
The merchant laughed at him and said:
“You foolish donkey, your trick had been discovered, you should know
that, those who are too clever sometimes over reach themselves.”
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Saturday, 14 June 2014
A Merchant and his Donkey
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