Jake,  The  Donkey  

Once  upon  a  time,   in  a  place  far  away  there  lived  a  donkey.    He  didn’t   look  very  smart  but  he  was  smart.    He  used  to  eat  grass  all  the  time.    He  had  no  owner  at  all.  

   One   day   a   man   called   James   came.     Then   the   donkey   jumped   into   the  bushes  and  made  no  sound  at  all.    The  donkey  stared  at  James.    When  James  was   gone,   the   donkey   still   stayed   in   the   bushes   for   2  minutes   because   he  knew  that  the  man  was  going  to  come  back.    James  came  back  with  his  son  Tom,  to  have  a  walk  with  him.    When  James  and  Tom  were  gone,  the  donkey  saw  the  house.    But  he  still  kept  eating  the  grass.    When  the  donkey  was  full,  he  went  near  the  house.  

   James  wife,  Orla,  got  scared;  she  never  saw  a  donkey  before.    No  one  saw  a  donkey   before.     But   that   donkey   had   seen   lots   of   people   before.     The  donkey  made  a  donkey  sound,  and  then  Orla  closed  the  door  because  she  thought  that  the  donkey  was  angry.      

Orla  took  a  bucket  and  went  to  the  well,   from  the  back  door.    The  donkey  waited  near  the  house  until   she  was  back.    She  took  a   little  while  to  come  back.    When  Orla  came  back  she  had  the  bucket  full  of  water.    She  opened  the  front  door  and  put  the  bucket  near  the  donkey.  

 The  donkey  started  drinking  the  water.    When  the  bucket  of  water  was  over  he   went   back  wagging   his   tail.     Orla   said   to   James   and   Tom   that   “Today  when   you  went   out   for   a  walk.     I   saw   a   funny   looking   thing   that  made   a  funny  sound  and  I  went  to  the  well  with  a  bucket  and  took  some  water  and  gave  it  to  the  funny  looking  thing  and  he  went  back.”  Then  Tom  said  “Mom,  maybe  it  was  an  alien!”  

   Orla  and  James  said      “But  everyone  knows  that  there  are  no  aliens.”  That  time   the  donkey   ran  back   to   their   house.     Then   Tom   shouted   “IS   THAT   IT  MOM!”   Then   Orla   looked   out   of   the   window   and   said   “YES!”   Then   she  asked,  “How  about  we  make  that  thing  as  a  pet?”  Then  James  and  Tom  said  “Yes!”  Then  Tom  ran  over  to  open  door.  

 Then  Tom  said  “Mom,  do  we  have  some  biscuits?”  Orla  said      “Yes,  we  do,  you   can   feed   it   to   the   funny   thing.”   Then   Orla   gave   five   biscuits   to   Tom.    Then  the  donkey  made  a  donkey  sound.  

 Tom  started  laughing  and  said      “Mom,  it  makes  a  funny  sound.    Doesn’t  it?”  Orla  said      “Yes,  it  does.”  Then  James  said      “I  think  we  should  give  him  some  name.”   Tom   shouted   “YES!”   Orla   asked   Tom   “So  what’s   the   name”   Tom  says  the  name  is  ……  hmm  this  is  hard  to  think.    Maybe…JAKE!”  James  said      “Good  idea!”    And  they  all  lived  happily  ever  after  with  their  Jake.  

 

                                                                                                                                                     The  End  

 

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