1) A donkey was grazing in a meadow when he saw an approaching hungry wolf. 2) The donkey pretended to have a limp and splinter in his hoof to trick the wolf into letting him remove it. 3) When the wolf inspected the donkey's hoof, the donkey kicked the wolf hard in the face, forcing the injured wolf to flee.

1. The donkey and the Wolf
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Donkey
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2. The donkey and the Wolf
The donkey and the wolf
One morning, a frisky young donkey was enjoying himslef,
grazing in a meadow. The donkey had been grazzing there for
several months.
“ I've heard the grass on the other side of the hilss is fresher
and sweeter,” said the donkey to himself. “Why don't I go there
tommorow?”
Just as he had finished eating, he raised his head and looked
around. Suddenly, he saw a hungry- liiking wolf coming his way!
The wolf had already seen him and there was no was he could
hide or run away.
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3. The donkey and the Wolf
Then he had a plan. He pretended to walk with a limp
towards the wolf. Surprised at the donkey's action, the worf
asked, “Are you looking for trouble?” You kinow I'm going to eat
you, and still you walk towards me.” the donkey answered, “There
is nothing i can do about it. It's my destiny to be eaten by you.
So, why should I run away?”
“ I quite agree with you,” said the wolf.
“But at least, you could make an effort
to hide from me. You can hide in the
cave nearby or behind those trees over
there. We can play a game of hide
and seek before I eat you.”
“That will be fun, won't it?” cimmented the donkey.
The donkey explained further, “But, Mr Wolf, before you eat
me, I have a request to make. Just now, while I was kumping
over a ditch, a splinter pierced into my left hind hoof. Could you
be as so kind as to remove it, else it might get stuck in your
throat later?”
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4. The donkey and the Wolf
The wolf throught for a while, and he agreed with the donkey.
“ Thank you for telling me about the splinter. I know that if
i'm not careful, it can cut my throat or even choke me,” said the
wolf. So saying, he asked the donkey to raise his hind leg for him
to pull out the splinter.
“ Where's the slinter? Where's the splinter?” asked the wolf with
his eyes opened wide, liiking for the splinter.
“Here!” shouted the donkey, as he gave the wolf a really hard
kick on the gace with all his streangth.
The full impact of the kick forced the wolf
to flee in pain with a bloody nose and some
broken teeth. For a while, the badly injured
wolf was not seen again. While nursing his
wounds somewhere inside a dark cave, the
poor wolf was heard lamenting his bad luck, “My father has only
taught mehow to kill to be a butcher, but I was
trying to heal to be a doctor. It has brought
about my downfall.”
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5. The donkey and the Wolf
Moral:
We should stick to what we can do best, and not try somthing we
are not familiar with.
Glossary:
• grazing – eating grass
• pretended – behaved as if it was true
• destiny – final outcome in the future
• splinter – a small sharp broken piece of wood
• impact – the force of one object hitting another
• heal – make someone well again
Questions:
1. What was yhe donkey doing ion the meadow?
2. What did the donkey see when he raised his head?
3. Where could the donkey hide?
4. When did the wolf run away?
5. What did the wolf's father teach him to do?
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