The Salt Merchant and His Ass
A Peddler drove his Ass to the seashore to buy salt. His road
home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell
by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the
water melted the sack. The Peddler retraced his steps and refilled his
panniers with a larger quantity of salt than before. When he came again
to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining
his feet with the weight
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