Moral story

         A washerman had an ass. The ass carried loads of clothes every day. The washerman was cruel and miserly. He gave the ass nothing to eat. Day by day,  the ass was growing weaker.         One night, the ass mate a jackal who was also wandering around. The Jackel asked, ''Mister Ass, why are you so week?"         The ass told the jackal his sad story, how he worked hard but was given no food and how difficult it was to find grass.         The jackal said, "Cheer up, Mister Ass. Your hungry days are over.  Believe me, there is a vegetable field some distance away. It is loaded with carrots, radishes, cucumbers, all kinds of gourds, brinjals, cabbages and juicy melons. I have made a secret hole through bushes. I break into that field every night and eat what I like. That is how I am in pink of health. You can come with me."            The mouth of the hungry ass began watering. He accepted the invitation. After months, the ass ate a full mea