A wild donkey once met a tame donkey feeding on a hillside. The wild donkey was thin andsmall.
He spent his life out of doors, sheltering as best he could in the cold weather and eatingthe sparse hill grass all the year around.
He sometimes had to walk miles to find fresh water and at night there was always dangerfrom prowling wolves.
The tame donkey was sleek and fat. During the summer he fed on the rich meadow grasswhile in winter he was given corn and hay to eat.
There was always a pail of fresh water for him to drink and at night he was shut safely in astable. "How lucky you are," said the wild donkey, "I wish I could live like you.'
A few days later the wild donkey was once more foraging on the hillside. Looking down hesaw the tame donkey walking slowly along the road, carrying a heavy load of wood.
As he watched, the tame donkey paused to enrich at a thistle growing by the roadside,immediately his driver began to shout and to beat him with a stick.
I've changed my mind about your way of life, thought the wild donkey" .I see that youhave to pay heavily for the corn and hay they gives you.'