L'Ase carregat de sal i l'ase carregat d'esponges

Synopsis of L'Ase carregat de sal i l'ase carregat d'esponges

«L'Ase carregat de sal i l'ase carregat d'esponges» is La Fontaine's fable adapted by Francesc Boada and illustrated by Francesc Rovira (24 pp., in Catalan).

The fable tells how a donkey loaded with salt crosses a river and, as the load dissolves, reaches the shore lighter. Another donkey, loaded with sponges, tries to imitate the same strategy, but the sponges soak up water and the load becomes almost impossible to carry.

Published in 1983; the cover shows «faules 13» as the number of the fable collection.

For early readers and to introduce classic fables in Catalan.