A hardworking shopkeeper drove his donkey to the market to buy salt. On their way home, they had to cross a stream. The donkey was very tired, and he slipped on a rock and fell into the water.
    To the donkey’s surprise, his load was now much lighter. The water had washed away almost all of the salt. The shopkeeper took the donkey back to the market and bought even more salt than before. This time when they reached the stream, the donkey fell into the water on purpose.
    The shopkeeper saw through the donkey’s trick. He returned to the market and bought sponges instead of salt.
    When they reached the stream, the donkey used his trick again and fell into the water. But this time the trick was on him. The sponges became heavy with water and the weight of his load greatly increased.
    “I hope you’ve learned your lesson,” the shopkeeper said to the donkey. “If you use a trick to avoid work, you will just end up with more work in the end.”
    一個(gè)勤勞的店主開車送他到市場(chǎng)去買鹽。在回家的路上，他們不得不穿過一個(gè)小溪。驢子很累了，他在一塊巖石上滑了下來，掉進(jìn)了水里。
    驢的驚奇，他的負(fù)荷現(xiàn)在要輕得多。水沖走了幾乎所有的鹽。店主帶著驢回到市場(chǎng)，買了更多的鹽比以前。這一次，當(dāng)他們到達(dá)小溪的時(shí)候，驢就在目的地上。
    店主看到驢的把戲。他回到市場(chǎng)，買了海綿，而不是鹽。
    當(dāng)他們到小溪的時(shí)候，驢子又用詭計(jì)又倒在水里。但這次的伎倆是在他。海綿隨著水的重量變大了，他負(fù)荷的重量大大增加了。
    “我希望你吸取了教訓(xùn)，”店主對(duì)驢說?！叭绻阌昧艘粋€(gè)詭計(jì)來逃避工作，你最終會(huì)有更多的工作結(jié)束。”