Picture: 11

Location: At the merchant’s house.

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey.

Item: House, trees and salt sacks.

Action: The merchant has a donkey (or lying donkey).

* Once there lived a hardworking salt merchant.

* He had a donkey that was well-named for its laziness.

Picture: 12

Location: Village (the way to the market).

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey.

Item: Trees, houses, birds.

Action: A merchant walks with a donkey.

* Every day, the merchant would load salt onto the back of his donkey and head towards the market to sell it.

Picture: 13

Location: At the river bank.

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey.

Item: water, mountains, birdge and salt sacks.

Action: A merchant drinking water and the donkey resting.

* On their way to the market, they had to cross a river.

* Their usual practice was to take a break there and quench their thirst before continuing their journey.

Picture: 14

Location: At the river bank.

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey.

Item: water, mountains, birdge and salt sacks.

Action: The donkey fell in to the water.

* One day, the donkey accidentally stepped into a river and tripped over a stone.

* This caused it to fall into the water.

* The merchant quickly rushed over to help the donkey.