He had a donkey to carry the salt load to the market. But, because of the donkey’s trick, the merchant had to suffer a heavy loss in his business. One day he wanted to sell the salt he produced. A merchant had a donkey. There once upon a time lived a merchant. N. Divya Bharathi M.Sc, IT 2013242034 STORY INTRODUCTION A salt merchant lived in a village who had to carry his goods daily for his livelihood.. He used to carry all his goods on the back of the donkey to sell in the market. The donkey easily crossed the stream due to the light weight of salt on his back. The merchant and his donkey were walking along together. One beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with bags of salt to go to the market, in order to sell the salt. Once the donkey slipped and fell into the stream while carrying the load of salt. He cared for the donkey very much. He would go to other towns for trading. And when the Merchant at last got him to his feet, much of the salt had melted away. They had not walked far when they reached a river on the way. HIS DONKEY. He used to deal in salt. Answer: Once there was a merchant. They had not walked far when they reac One beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with bags of salt to go to market to sell it. Unfortunately, the donkey slipped and fell into the river. They had crossed this river many times before without accident, but this time the Ass slipped and fell when halfway over. He was a salt merchant. Once his donkey fell into the stream and much of the salt was dissolved in water. As a result much of the salt got dissolved in water. He loaded bags of salts on his donkey and set out. They need to cross a river on the way to the market. A Merchant, driving his Ass homeward from the seashore with a heavy load of salt, came to a river crossed by a shallow ford. After a while, they reached a river. He used to carry all his goods on the back of the donkey to sell in the market. He sell his salt in the market. 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