36. The
Merchant and his Foolish Donkey
One beautiful spring
morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with the 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 the 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.
Moral: We should not pretend.
Cunning nature can harm you.
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