A salt seller used to go to the market everyday carrying a bag of salt on his donkey. On the way he had to cross a river. One day while crossing the river, the donkey suddenly fell into the river and the bag of salt also fell into the water. Since the bag full of salt got dissolved in water and hence the bag became very light to carry.
Because of this the donkey was very happy. Now again the donkey started doing the same trick every day, due to which the seller of salt would have to bear a lot of loss.
The salt seller understood the trick of the donkey and decided to teach him a lesson. The next day he loaded a bag full of cotton on the donkey.
Now the donkey did the same trick again. He hoped that the cotton bag would still be lighter.
But the wet cotton became too heavy to carry and the donkey suffered. He learned a lesson from this. After that day he did not play any tricks and the salt seller was happy.
Moral
This story teaches us that luck does not always support us, we should always use our intelligence as well.
