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THE DANCING DONKEY

Finding that the door remained shut the driver burst it in with a violent kick, and entering the room, said in his usual oily way: "Good boys! You bray very well. I recognized your voices and here I am to take you away."

At these words the two little donkeys grew silent. They hung their heads, drooped their ears, and put their tails between their legs. Then the driver patted them and smoothed their hair, after which he produced two leather straps and bridled them both. When he had curried them till they shone like two looking-glasses he led them to the marketplace in the hope of selling them at a good