Fable 265 - The Ass Carrying Salt

An ass with a load of salt was crossing a stream. He slipped and fell into the water. Then the salt dissolved, and when he got up his load
was lighter than before, so he was delighted. Another time, when he arrived at the bank of a stream with a load of sponges, he thought
that if he fell into the water again when he got up the load would be lighter. So he slipped on purpose. But, of course, the sponges
swelled up with the water and the ass was unable to get up again, so he drowned and perished.

Thus it is sometimes that people don’t suspect that it is their own tricks which land them in disaster.