One winter day, a wild ass was wandering aimlessly about. Suddenly he came to the edge of the forest and saw a donkey lying in the warm sun at full length. Quite care-free as the donkey looked, the wild ass envied him a lot.
Going up to the donkey, the wild ass said “How lucky you are indeed! Your sleek skin show how well you live. I am not lucky as you are. Ok; so long.”
But even after leaving the place , the wild ass kept thinking about the donkey. So, one day, he came to see the donkey again. But this time the donkey had a heavy load on his back. His master was following him with a rod in his hand. Off and on he hit the donkey to keep him moving at a steady pace.
"Ah ! what a miserable life you have! I no longer envy you. I never knew that you have to buy your comforts at this price" said the wild ass from a distance and went his way.
Moral : A bought comfort is never a blessing
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