The Foolish Donkey

Once there was a village named Palampur. In that village lived a hardworking salt seller named Shyam. Every day he used to carry the salt bags on his donkeys back and traveled to the market.

On the way, they had to cross a stream. One day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the stream and the salt bag also fell into the water. The salt dissolved in the water and hence the bag became very light to carry. The donkey was very happy.

Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day. The salt seller came to understand the trick and decided to teach him a lesson.

The next day he loaded cotton bags instead of salt bags on the donkey. As they approached the stream the donkey again played the same trick hoping the bags will get lighter. The dampened cotton became very heavy to carry and the donkey suffered. He learnt a lesson. He didn’t play the trick anymore after that day and the seller was happy.

We learn from this story that we shouldn’t be lazy because luck will not be on our side always.