The Donkey's Shadow

Alim was reading a book named Aesop's Fable. He found the folloing story in that book. Read the story and answer thw questions at C.

Aesop was born long ago in ancient Greece. At that time people were sold in market like cattle. Those sold people were called slaves. Aesop was a slave. He was owned by a man who liked to hear stories. Aesop used to tell him stories. His stories were very interesting. They were liked by everybody. Even today people like them. These stories are known as Aesop's fables. Here is a fable by Aesop.

Once a man hired a donkey of another man to go to a distant place. The donkey's owner went with him to bring back the donkey. He walked while the other man rode the donkey. At mid day they decided to stop and have lunch. It was a hot day and they were in the middle of a desert. There was no shadow any where. The only shadow was that of the donkey. The donkey's owner sat there. The other man pushed him and said, " Why are you sitting here? This donkey has been hired by me. So its shadow belongs to me. I'll sit here, not you."

The other man answered, " you hired my donkey, but not its shadow. The shadow belongs to me. I'll sit here.