One day as an Ass was walking in the pasture, he found some Grasshoppers chirping merrily in a grassy corner of the field.  
He listened with a great deal of admiration to the song of the Grasshoppers. It was such a joyful song that his pleasure-loving heart was filled with a wish to sing as they did.
 
"What is it?" he asked very respectfully, "that has given you such beautiful voices? Is there ............