The Donkey And His Purchaser
Aesop Fable: The Donkey And His Purchaser
A man wished to purchase an Donkey, and agreed with its owner
that he should try out the animal before he bought him.
He took the Donkey home and put him in the straw-yard with
his other Donkeys, upon which the new animal left all the
others and at once joined the one that was most idle and
the greatest eater of them all. Seeing this, the man put a
halter on him and led him back to his owner.
On being asked
how, in so short a time, he could have made a trial of him,
he answered, "I do not need a trial; 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.
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