Have you ever thought what it’s like to be a donkey? Cadichon is a donkey that has been through a lot of hardships, and tragedies. He is a very wise donkey, but is very naughty at his youth. Jacques and his little friends were very fond of him, and thought that he is very trustworthy. One day, when Auguste was hunting, he accidently shot Medor, his only, and loyal hound friend. After Medor’s death, Cadichon played nasty tricks on him, but one of the nastiest tricks is that he flung Auguste into a wastewater pond on a hot summer’s day. Later Auguste fell very ill, and no one was fond of Cadichon anymore. Now, he’ll have to get rid of his nasty behavior, and hatred to gain back his trust.
I loved this book because it simply is very funny, and entertaining. Those tricks he did to his first master was hilarious. “Finally, having hurled the most insulting abuse at me, to which I responded by simply licking my lips and turning my back, she grabbed for her stick and started to beat me so cruelly that I finally lost my patience and gave her three good kicks. The first managed to break her nose and two teeth, the second broke her wrist, and the third caught her in the stomach and threw her to the ground.” Another entertaining trick he had was that he slid a frog into Auguste’s pants which made him scream. You could both see the effect of a mean trick without getting into trouble. Overall, I rate this book 5 stars.