Tired of being laughed at by the other animals, a donkey wishes it was something else. Its wish seems to be granted when it finds a lion costume. When it puts it on, it starts to inspire respect ...

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A miller and his son are taking their grumpy donkey to sell at the market. They decide to lead it, rather than riding it, so that it might arrive not tired, and thereby fetch a higher price.

The fables attributed to Aesop come from many sources ... The beast of burden who suffers under increasingly violent owners in “The Donkey and the Gardener” warns us that “enslaved people ...