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In a small town there lived a baker. He had two pets - a cat and a donkey. The donkey carried the bread and the cakes that the baker made. One night a thief A. broke into the house. The baker B. slept soundly. The cat too was fast asleep. The donkey saw the thief and wanted to awaken C. his master, so he began to bray loudly. The thief ran away. The baker could not sleep. He came out. He could not understand why the donkey brayed so loudly and he beat the stupid but dutiful donkey very badly. But the D. baker's house was saved. The donkey turned out to be a E. better guard than cats or dogs.