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The Donkey Trapped in his own trick 

once a miller lived in a village. he had a short  stout donkey. he transported salt to a city to earn his living.  he used his donkey for his purpose. one day he put salt on the back of his donkey and proceeded to the city merrily. there lay a shallow stream on the way. 

the miller and the donkey had to wade through it. when they lived the middle of the stream the donkey made a false move stumbled on and fell down.

 as the load was very heavy the donkey could not stand up at once. the miller made every endeavor to make him stand but to no avail. After a while much of the salt was washed off in the rushing water of the stream. The load became less and light. 

Then the donkey stood up easily. To his amazement he found the burden very light. He was very happy to be unburdened so quickly and nicely. The next day when they were wading through the stream the donkey sat down intentionally on the same spot. 

He kept sitting in the water until a good deal of the slat dissolved into the water. The miller saw through the trick of the donkey. He decided to teach him a lesson. On the third day he loaded him with a huge bale of cotton. The donkey again playing the trick sat down on purpose in the middle of the stream But the cotton became swollen with water. 

When the donkey stood up he found that the load had become much heavier. He could hardly walk. Consequently his plan backfired because he was now carrying two loads.

He decided never to repeat the trick again.

Moral Lesson:

Do not play foul games.