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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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