Location: At the river bank

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey

Items: water, mountains, birdge and salt sacks

Action: A donkey pretending to slip

The donkey kept slipping into the river repeatedly, which made the merchant suspicious.

Location: At the river bank

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey

Items: water, mountains, birdge and salt sacks

Action: The merchant observing a donkey that fell in to the water

One day, the merchant decided to monitor the donkey’s behavior closely.

He observed that the donkey purposely fell into the water.

Location: At the river bank

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey

Items: water, mountains, birdge and salt sacks

Action: The donkey fell in to the water again and again

The merchant was angry but did not say anything.

Instead, he came up with a plan to teach the donkey a lesson.

Location: At the merchant’s house

Characters: A salt merchant and a donkey

Items: House, trees and salt sacks

Action: A merchant loading sacks on a donkey

The next day, the merchant loaded the donkey with sacks of cotton instead of salt.