Again they came to the brook. “Ah!” thought the donkey, “I will make my load still lighter.”
He lay down in the middle of the brook.
This time he found his load so heavy that he could scarcely rise.
His master kindly helped him, but the donkey was not happy.
The water ran down his sides and made him more miserable.
“Oh,” thought he, “I will never lie down in the water again.”
Once more his master led him back to the seashore.
He filled the bags with salt.
The donkey was wiser now and carried the salt safely home.