A potter (maker of earthen pots) lived in the outskirts of a small town and had a donkey named Moti. Moti worked very hard the whole day. The potter put heavy loads of earthen pots on Moti's back to be taken to the market. Moti could hardly walk with this heavy load. Whenever Moti's services were not required, the potter would let him loose so that he could forage for himself.
Moti wandered for hours together but hardly got any food and rarely eat to his fill. The potter thought that Moti was a foolish animal and Moti thought that the potter was and ungrateful, heartless and selfish man.
One day whilst working on his potter's wheel the potter heard a commotion outside. He came out and saw that there was a fire in one of the big haystacks is a nearby field. Thieves had started the fire so that they could steal the cattle as men and animal ran here and there as the fire spread.
The potter said to Moti, " Why don't you also runaway, the thieves may come and get you here."

Moti did not listen to his masters' advice and was in no hurry to run away. The potter was now sure that Moti was a first rate fool.
The potter again said, " hey Moti you fool! Why don't you run away? You will never get a better chance to do so."
Moti replied calmly, " Master, if I do not run away, the thieves will take me away, is that it? What difference will it make to me? You put heavy loads on my back and so will they or anyone they sell me to. I wander around searching for food when I am not working for you; I will have to do the same if I work for the thieves or anyone else. Whether I am with you or them or with anyone they sell me to my life will be the same. So why run?"
The potter since then started taking special care of Moti.

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