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The King and the Miller

A king visited a wheat mill that belonged to an old miller. He saw the donkey that turned the grindstone to grind the wheat and noticed that the miller put a string of bells around the donkey’s neck. The donkey was moving and the bells were ringing with a beautiful sound.

The king asked the miller: Why did you attach a string of bells around the donkey’s neck?

Sometimes when I feel tired I close my eyes, and if the bells stops making noise, I know the donkey has stopped moving, the miller said.

And if the donkey stops and begins to toss his head back and forth, don’t the bells sound? asked the king.

The miller answered him, smiling: And where would the donkey get the mind of a king?