I'm reading a book, The Wild Ass's Skin These days I'm reading a book. The book's name is The Wild Ass's Skin. It's written by a French novelist. It tells a story of a young man who wagered his last coin and lost. He felt very hopeless, he has no money and no work, so he decided to kill himself. He went to the river to drown himself. On the way, he entered to a unusual shop. There is a very old shopkeeper. The young man told the shopkeeper his plan. The elderly shopkeeper showed him a piece of skin, the wild ass's skin. It's magical skin, the skin promises to fulfill any wish of its owner, but for each wish come true, the skin shrinks. When the skin runs out, the owner must be die.