The Donkey

A Punjabi Story by Mohindro Ram Thaper and Kamleish Ram Parfect

There was at one time a well off rancher who kept a stable of numerous jackasses. The agriculturist was exceptionally glad for his jackasses, and throughout the day they helped him chip away at his property by pulling the drive through the fields, or by pulling the truck to showcase when the time had come to offer his yields.

The agriculturist likewise had a pooch whom he cherished in particular and depended upon to ensure his territory and his jackasses amid the night.

Multi day, the agriculturist returned home in the wake of a monotonous day in the fields and was tired to the point that he went straight to bed without encouraging his puppy. The canine was greatly harmed by his lord's absent mindedness and said to the jackass, 'What will I manage without sustenance now that my lord has neglected to sustain me? It is fine for you jackasses who get the opportunity to eat grass throughout the day, yet I am starving and don't know how I will make everything the path during that time without nourishment.'

'I am certain our lord will descend and feed you soon,' answered the delicate jackass.

Thus the canine paused, and paused, and paused, yet the agriculturist did not come down to the stable to sustain him.

The pooch was exceptionally disturbed to be sure. He endeavored to rest yet his unfilled tummy continued thundering and did not enable him to nod off.

At some point amid the night, the jackass saw the shadowy figure of a criminal sneaking over the fields towards the homestead. 'Hello,' got out the jackass to the puppy who was nestled into the steady floor, 'you should begin woofing as uproariously as you can with the goal that our lord will wake up and see that there is a criminal coming to take every one of us jackasses!'

The canine said in a most angry voice, 'I am not having any of that. For what reason would it be a good idea for me to awaken my lord after he has neglected to bolster me? On the off chance that he couldn't care less about me, for what reason would it be advisable for me to think about him?'

The jackass argued and begged the puppy, yet it was no utilization by any means, the canine would not be influenced to bark out a notice to the agriculturist.

The jackass became extremely anxious and started to kick and bounce about, and as loud as possible he whinnied… 'Hee-haw! Hee-haw!'

When they heard this uproar, alternate jackasses all participate with the notice: all kicking and bouncing and making boisterous bawling commotions… 'Hee-haw! Hee-haw!'

Before long there was such a commotion, to the point that the agriculturist hopped out of informal lodging down to the stable to examine.

That was the point at which he recognized the criminal moving toward the stable and pursued him over the field far from the ranch. 'Make tracks in an opposite direction from here you hoodlum!' yelled the agriculturist as the shadowy consider vanished along with the obscurity.

Thus that was the means by which the jackass shielded his companions from the criminal who came in the night. Be that as it may, the agriculturist likewise acknowledged something essential that night. He had seen that his dependable pooch had not yelped out a notice, and he recollected that he had not nourished the puppy thus had made the creature turn out to be exceptionally vexed.

The agriculturist went straight to the farmhouse and before long came back with a major bowl of sustenance for his reliable companion. He guaranteed the canine that he would recollect forget to encourage him and take care of him since he presently understood that such care to one's creatures was constantly compensated with dedication and insurance. 'We should care for our creatures as we care for our kids,' thought the rancher as he congratulated his faithful pooch on the head and came back to the homestead for a decent night's rest, safe in the learning that his dependable canine would secure the homestead amid the night.