In a land far away lived a kind and hard-working
In a land far away lived a kind and hard-working
In a land far away lived a kind and hard-working farmer.He had a special power to understand the language of animals.One evening,he heard the donkey (1) the bull talking to each other.He hid behind a tree and listened.The bull was complaining to his friend,the donkey.“I am so tired,”he said,“I worked so hard in the fields today.”
“Why do you work so much?”asked the donkey.“Look at me-all I do the whole day is eat,sleep and enjoy myself!”The bull thought that the donkey was very luckly.“What do I do to live like you?”he asked sadly.“Well,I always pretend to be ill.Don’t eat your food.Cry and roll on the ground (2) you don’t want to work.Then the farmer won’t take you to the fields.”the donkey advised.The next moring the bull did (3) the donkey told him.(4) the farmer,who had heard everything,seemed to be very quiet,(5) he was determinred to teach the lazy donkey a,lesson.
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