The story happened a beautiful spring morning along the river on the road.
Characters
The Merchant
The Donkey
Conflict
The donkey always drop the bags of salt along the way to the market and it disappoints the merchant.
Theme
How foolishness will sometimes over reach themselves.
Plot
That spring morning, the merchant and his donkey were on the way to the market with heavy bags of salt to sell. Along the way there was a river, where the donkey unfortunately fell and the bags became lighter. Disappointed, the merchant and the donkey returned home to fill the bags with salt again. And again, the donkey fell and the bags became lighter again. Noticing that the animal played a trick, the merchant filled the bags with sponges. On reaching the river, the donkey fell and the bags became heavy this time. The merchant then scolded the donkey telling him that those who are too clever will sometimes over reach themselves.
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The story happened a beautiful spring morning along the river on the road.
Characters
The Merchant
The Donkey
Conflict
The donkey always drop the bags of salt along the way to the market and it disappoints the merchant.
Theme
How foolishness will sometimes over reach themselves.
Plot
That spring morning, the merchant and his donkey were on the way to the market with heavy bags of salt to sell. Along the way there was a river, where the donkey unfortunately fell and the bags became lighter. Disappointed, the merchant and the donkey returned home to fill the bags with salt again. And again, the donkey fell and the bags became lighter again. Noticing that the animal played a trick, the merchant filled the bags with sponges. On reaching the river, the donkey fell and the bags became heavy this time. The merchant then scolded the donkey telling him that those who are too clever will sometimes over reach themselves.