Mr. Salsich
English 9
4/4/11
The Silver Donkey
Pages: 116 - 128
The story of the sky stopping it from raining continues. The people still don't seem to understand what the sky wants. They just keep sending up themselves and different types of animals, big or small, to threaten the sky. The sky eventually gives up all hope and tells the people to send nothing more to quarry with it. This is when the donkey decides to go see the sky, but the people yell at it not too because they feel like they'll lose their dignity if a donkey goes. The donkey listens to them until it becomes night. He then sneaks up the mountain to the sky. The sky at first is angry that yet another animal was there to see it, but it soon realizes that the donkey came on it's own will. The donkey explains that he doesn't care how mistreated he is by the humans, he just can't bare to see others in despair. He has witnessed so much pain that it hurts him even more to see others enduring the same pain, and he would rather witness the pain all himself. The sky is touched by the donkey's words, therefore granting his wish.
