Salt merchant and the donkey story writing
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One beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with bags of salt to go to market to sell it. The merchant and his donkey were walking along together. They had not walked far when they reached the river. As the river bank was very slippery the donkey slipped and fell into the river. The salt from the bags melted in the water. When the donkey got up,it noticed that the bags loaded on its back had become light. There was nothing the merchant could do, except to return home.
The next day, the merchant again loaded his donkey with bags of salt. As they reached the slippery river bank, the donkey thought, “If I fall down in the water, my load will become light.” So it deliberately fell into the river. The merchant realised the donkey’s trick. He then returned home and re-loaded his donkey, this time with bags of sponge. They once again set off on their journey. On reaching the river the donkey again fell into the water. But instead of the load becoming lighter, it become heavier. The merchant laughed at and said, “You foolish donkey! Did you think you were smart and clever? I am cleverer than you.”
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A merchant had a donkey. He used to carry all his goods on the back of the donkey to sell in the market. They need to cross a river on the way to the market.
He cared for the donkey very much. But the donkey was very lazy and always hesitant of doing work.
One day, the merchant had to sell loads of salt. As usual, the donkey and the merchant got down into the river to cross it. The donkey being lazy thought of a trick.
It slightly bent its legs while crossing the river. The salt bags got drenched and dissolved in water. Because of this, the load went down and the donkey became very happy since it need not carry heavy load.
As a result of this, the merchant had a great loss of money.
The merchant was wise enough to know the donkey’s trick. Hence, he wanted to teach the donkey a lesson. The next day, he loaded the donkey with loads of cotton. When the cotton gets wet, it becomes heavy. The donkey without knowing this played the same trick that day also.
The cotton got wet and became very heavy. The donkey suffered a lot carrying the heavy load.
Moral: Don’t try to fool a person always.