Day35- The ass and his purchaser

The ass and his purchaser

A man wished to purchase an ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him. He took the ass home and put him in the stable with his other asses, upon which the new animal left all the others and immediately chose a place next to the Laziest and greediest beast.

Seeing this, the man put a halter on him and let him back to his owner. On being asked how, in so short a time, he could have made a trail of him, he answered:” I do not need a trail, I know that he will be just the same as the one he chose for his companion.

A man is known by the company he keeps.