The donkey and the wolf

The donkey and the Wolf

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The donkey and the wolfThe donkey and the wolf

One morning, a frisky young donkey was enjoying himslef,

grazing in a meadow. The donkey had been grazzing there for

several months.

“ I've heard the grass on the other side of the hilss is fresher

and sweeter,” said the donkey to himself. “Why don't I go there

tommorow?”

Just as he had finished eating, he raised his head and looked

around. Suddenly, he saw a hungry- liiking wolf coming his way!

The wolf had already seen him and there was no was he could

hide or run away.

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Then he had a plan. He pretended to walk with a limp

towards the wolf. Surprised at the donkey's action, the worf

asked, “Are you looking for trouble?” You kinow I'm going to eat

you, and still you walk towards me.” the donkey answered, “There

is nothing i can do about it. It's my destiny to be eaten by you.

So, why should I run away?”

“ I quite agree with you,” said the wolf.

“But at least, you could make an effort

to hide from me. You can hide in the

cave nearby or behind those trees over

there. We can play a game of hide

and seek before I eat you.”

“That will be fun, won't it?” cimmented the donkey.

The donkey explained further, “But, Mr Wolf, before you eat

me, I have a request to make. Just now, while I was kumping

over a ditch, a splinter pierced into my left hind hoof. Could you

be as so kind as to remove it, else it might get stuck in your

throat later?”

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The wolf throught for a while, and he agreed with the donkey.

“ Thank you for telling me about the splinter. I know that if

i'm not careful, it can cut my throat or even choke me,” said the

wolf. So saying, he asked the donkey to raise his hind leg for him

to pull out the splinter.

“ Where's the slinter? Where's the splinter?” asked the wolf with

his eyes opened wide, liiking for the splinter.

“Here!” shouted the donkey, as he gave the wolf a really hard

kick on the gace with all his streangth.

The full impact of the kick forced the wolf

to flee in pain with a bloody nose and some

broken teeth. For a while, the badly injured

wolf was not seen again. While nursing his

wounds somewhere inside a dark cave, the

poor wolf was heard lamenting his bad luck, “My father has only

taught mehow to kill to be a butcher, but I was

trying to heal to be a doctor. It has brought

about my downfall.”

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Moral: Moral:

We should stick to what we can do best, and not try somthing we

are not familiar with.

Glossary:

• grazing eating grass–

• pretended behaved as if it was true–

• destiny final outcome in the future–

• splinter a small sharp broken piece of wood–

• impact the force of one object hitting another–

• heal make someone well again–

Questions:Questions:

1. What was yhe donkey doing ion the meadow?

2. What did the donkey see when he raised his head?

3. Where could the donkey hide?

4. When did the wolf run away?

5. What did the wolf's father teach him to do?

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