Donkey and The Salt Merchant

Once upon a time there lived a merchant in a small village. He was a salt merchant. He had a donkey to carry the salt load to the market. He sell his salt in the market. He had to cross a stream in the usual way to the market.

Once his donkey fell into the stream and much of the salt was dissolved in water. The donkey easily crossed the stream due to the light weight of salt on his back. The donkey was so happy happy.

The donkey on his next trip knowingly fell into the stream. The merchant suspected the animal's intention. His master was now sure about the animal's evil intention.

The merchant next day loaded the donkey with a lot of cotton. The donkey once again repeated the same trick. He fell into the stream. This time his load became very heavy.

The donkey carried the heavy load. It was very tiring for him to move on. The donkey now realized his mistake. He stopped falling down into the stream any more. He thought that it was not good to play tricks. The merchant had taught the donkey a good lesson.

Moral: You can be fool a person a few times but not always.