The Ass and His Purchaser – English Fairy Tale

The Ass and His Purchaser - An English fairy tale by Aesop with a podcast and list of vocabulary to practice English with short stories and fairy tales Source: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfWjTopy98o 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 straw-yard with his other asses, 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, ...