Long ago and far away, on a farm near the German town of Bremen, a farmer had a donkey, who all his life had been a very hard working animal. Now, the donkey wasn't as young as he used to be, and couldn't work as hard as he used to, so the farmer had decided to take him to sell at the market the following day. The donkey overheard the farmer discussing his plans with his wife, and was so frightened, that he decided to run away...