A salt
seller used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the market every day. On the
way they had to cross a stream. One day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the
stream and salt bag also fell into the water. The salt dissolved in the water
and hence the bag became very light to carry. The donkey was happy.
Then
the donkey started to play the same trick every day. The salt seller came to
understand the trick and decided to teach a lesson to it. The next day he
loaded a cotton bag on the donkey. Again it played the same trick hoping that
the cotton bag would be still lighter.
But the
dampened cotton became very heavy to carry and it suffered much. It learnt a
lesson. Afterwards it did not play the trick and the seller was happy.
Moral: Luck won’t favour always.
