The Musical Donkey
This short story in English is about being careful!
A hungry donkey was braying sadly in the nearby forest. After a long day’s work, its owner hadn’t fed it properly.
Soon, a jackal passed by and saw the hungry donkey.
“What happened, donkey?” he asked.
“I’m hungry and I grazed all of here. I’m still hungry!” the donkey cried.
“Oh, you know what there is a big vegetable garden nearby. You can go there!” said the jackal.
“Please take me there!” the donkey said.
Once in the vegetable garden, they quietly chomped fresh vegetables and ran away when they heard a noise close by.
The two animals went to the vegetable garden each day until one day when a farmer spotted them and shooed them away.
That day, both animals were hungry.
As the night set, the jackal suggested that they go back to the vegetable garden.
The donkey and the jackal quietly snuck into the garden and chomped on and on till they were full.
“Oh, such delicious cucumbers and look at the Moon! It is so beautiful that I would like to sing a song,” said the donkey.
“Not now! You cannot sing from here!” said the jackal.
“But, I want to,” said the donkey angrily.
“The farmer will hear you. I’m not going to be here for that,” the jackal said and ran away.
The donkey sighed and began to sing.
Not so far away, the farmer and his family heard a donkey braying. They ran towards the donkey with sticks.
The donkey was soon chased out of the garden.
“Ow-ow-ow!” brayed the donkey as it walked back.
“You should have waited till we were out of the garden to sing! Come on, you need to rest!” said the jackal.
