Usborne English Learner's Editions are a selection of titles from the bestselling Usborne Reading Programme, offering extra support to learners and teachers of English. Elementary Level word count: 150-250 words. This is the traditional tale retold for beginner readers ready to tackle slightly more complicated storylines and sentence structures. The King has a secret. He has donkey's ears! But when he tells the barber his secret, it surely can't be a secret for long...This title is part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. It includes several pages of reading-related puzzles.