A Donkey Reads

A lushly illustrated, fanciful adaptation of a Turkish fable tells the tale of a poor villager named Mustafo, who must give a gift of tribute to his tyrannical Mongol ruler. When Mustafo presents his old donkey, his only posession, the Mongol is furious and threatens to kill the villager. But Nasreddin Hoca, the wiseman, devises a plan to save Mustafo. Nasreddin also manages to prove that the donkey reads.