Answer:
The theme of a short story " The horse and the loaded donkey" is you get nothing from being selfish. Horse and donkey have lived in one place, but they had different roles in the household. Even though that donkey's luggage is not the horse's job, he could help him. The donkey was selfish and only thought about himself. This is a story about what happened to the horse because he didn't want to help donkey. The theme is where can selfish lead us to because you will never know when you need help from others.