In a small village, there lived a potter(陶工）who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil ![]()
the field to his house. As the field was quite far off, the potter forgot ![]()
(take) the rope with which he tied the donkey every day, so he decided to lie down holding the donkey’s ears while sleeping. But this way, neither the donkey ![]()
the potter was able to take a rest. A saint(圣人）， ![]()
happened to be passing by, saw them. When the potter told the saint![]()
the problem was, the saint said, “Take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. Pretend to tie him using ![]()
imaginary rope. I promise you he won’t run away.” The potter did so.
He left the donkey and went to take a rest. When he ![]()
(wake) up, to his surprise and relief, he found the donkey ![]()
(stand) at the same place.
Soon the potter prepared to leave for home. But the donkey did not move. ![]()
(luck), the potter saw the wise saint again and told him about the problem.The saint said, “You tied up the donkey, but did you untie(松开）him? Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter followed the saint’s advice with ![]()
(please).
Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter went home happily with his donkey.
