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Jack the Donkey


          The      Government          gave      the      Agriculture

          Department instructions to catch all donkeys and
          put them in the zoo.


          Jack did not want to be put in the zoo because he

          had always been free in High Hill.  He did his best

          to avoid all of the traps set for the donkeys in the

          areas surrounding High Hill. When he heard the

          men  trying  to  catch  donkeys,  he  made  sure  he

          was properly hidden.

          But,  one  day,  he  got  greedy  and  couldn’t  resist

          the lovely heap of barley on top of a trap hidden

          in the field where he was grazing. Of course, the

          zookeepers quickly caught him.  Jack cried loudly

          and fought to get free, but it didn’t work. So off
          to the zoo they went with Jack.



          Jack  was  not  happy  at  the  zoo.  He  decided  he
          wanted to escape because the zookeeper did not

          feed  him  well  and  he  did  not  have  any  friends.

          They had put Jack in a paddock with a high fence

          round it, all by himself.




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