Once, a farmer owned a donkey and a lapdog. The donkey worked hard all day, hauling heavy loads. The lapdog stayed with his master all day and lived in the house with him. He did not work, but allowed to sit on the master’s lap. The donkey grew jealous of the lapdog. “Perhaps if I behaved like the dog, like wagging my tail and jumping on the master, he will start loving me as much as he loves the dog.“ So, the donkey decided to wait for his chance. One day, when he was left unattended, the donkey broke his halter and ran into the farmhouse kitchen. There, the farmer sat at the table. The donkey rushed to the farmer began wagging his tail vigorously, and knocked off all the china from the table. He, then, started jumping around and frolicking like a little dog and finally plonked himself down on the farmer’s lap. The shocked farmer yelled for help. The farmhands came running in, dragged the donkey off to his stable, and gave him a beating he wouldn’t forget for the rest of his life. What can we learn from the text?

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Once, a farmer owned a donkey and a lapdog. The donkey worked hard all day, hauling heavy loads. The lapdog stayed with his master all day and lived in the house with him. He did not work, but allowed to sit on the master’s lap. The donkey grew jealous of the lapdog.

“Perhaps if I behaved like the dog, like wagging my tail and jumping on the master, he will start loving me as much as he loves the dog.“ So, the donkey decided to wait for his chance.

One day, when he was left unattended, the donkey broke his halter and ran into the farmhouse kitchen. There, the farmer sat at the table. The donkey rushed to the farmer began wagging his tail vigorously, and knocked off all the china from the table. He, then, started jumping around and frolicking like a little dog and finally plonked himself down on the farmer’s lap. The shocked farmer yelled for help. The farmhands came running in, dragged the donkey off to his stable, and gave him a beating he wouldn’t forget for the rest of his life.

What can we learn from the text?

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