The Kabil's Donkey
Appeared in
The Spotted Pony: A Collection of Hanukkah Stories
Story Summary
In the town of Yemen, a minor official decides to stir up trouble between the Jews and the Muslims. He claims that all Jewish orphans must be raised Muslim, but when he arrives at the orphanage, the Rabbi claims that all the orphans fled and that these children were donkeys that learned so much that they looked like children.