This story revolves around nature and different animals, with the writer introducing the unique characteristics of each animal through a simple educational story for children. It contains an important moral to encourage the child to excel in a distinctive profession that suits them, without being distracted by others, or they will remain without a unique identity.
The Story: One day, the smart donkey went on a journey to meet a group of new friends. As he walked along the road, the smart donkey saw an owl and got to know her. He found she knew the secrets of the stars, flying and looking in all directions with skill.
Then the donkey met a new friend, the nightingale, who knew the secrets of singing, producing a beautiful, sweet voice that filled the forest with joy and delight. Then the smart donkey met the cricket, who played music, issuing successive sounds in the evening and the silence of the night.
Then the smart donkey met the spider, a skilled artist-engineer who wove its webs with high craftsmanship. He then met the ant, which dug tunnels with skill and moved in organized swarms and groups, each knowing its work and performing it with amazing skill. Then he saw the worm and got to know her, finding she spun silk with skill.
He also got to know the cow and found she produced beneficial milk that children drink and are nourished by. Then the smart donkey met the rooster, an expert in farming who crowed so everyone woke up early and went to the field to start farming.
He also got to know the dog and knew he was very skilled in guarding, and was very loyal and faithful to his master. During his wanderings, he found a bee and got to know her, finding her a friend to flowers and roses, smelling their scent and producing honey with skill.
The smart donkey tried to learn all his new friends’ professions, using his time to learn their professions and becoming familiar with their secrets, but he didn’t master them and failed. He was an imitator, not an innovator. The donkey made a mistake because instead of being occupied with himself to learn a profession that suited him and benefited others, he was occupied with others all the time.
What would he do now? The friends all joined in thinking of a profession that would suit the donkey and benefit them. After some time, everyone found that the donkey could take their goods and products and transport them to the market. He would be excellent in that profession, and no one else could do it. Indeed, the donkey transported his friends’ goods and products to the market with high skill. The smart donkey learned a new profession, and everyone was happy with that.
In the evening, the smart donkey returned to his home, very happy because he met new friends and managed to learn a new, distinctive profession. He also learned an important lesson: not to be occupied with others’ skills and try to imitate them, but to work hard to find what distinguishes him from others by mastering a profession that no one else can do, to be a distinctive innovator rather than an imitator.