# Dapple — Don Quixote character guide > Dapple in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. **Role:** supporting **First appearance:** 0007-part-i-i ## Snapshot Sancho Panza's patient grey donkey, the humble companion who carries his master through every scheme, governorship, and roadside encounter. ## Who they are Dapple is Sancho's steady mount and closest possession, a creature whose plodding good sense contrasts with Rocinante's delusions of grandeur. He is there when Sancho meets the disguised Morisco Ricote and shares his bread with pilgrims, grounding the squire's adventures in ordinary kindness. He matters because his quiet endurance embodies the peasant world Sancho carries with him even as he chases islands and titles. ## In the story ### [Chapter VIII: Of the good success which the valorous Don Quixote had in the most terrifying and never-to-be-imagined adventure of the windmills, with other events worthy of happy memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-viii) Sancho's donkey, mentioned as he dismounts from it. ### [Of the pleasant discourse that passed between Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-x) Sancho mounts his ass to follow Don Quixote. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xi) Put up by Sancho along with Rocinante. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xii) Sancho Panza's ass, beside which he sleeps. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xviii) Sancho's ass, which he worries about leaving before the imagined battle. ### [Of the unexampled and unheard-of adventure which was achieved by the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha with less peril than any ever achieved by any famous knight in the world](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xx) Led by Sancho, carrying the remains of supper. ### [Of what befell Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena, which was one of the rarest adventures related in this veracious history](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxiii) Sancho's donkey, stolen by Ginés de Pasamonte during the night. ### [Chapter XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxx) Sancho's beloved donkey, recovered from Ginés de Pasamonte. Sancho embraces and kisses him joyfully. ### [IV In which Sancho Panza gives a satisfactory reply to the doubts and questions of the bachelor Samson Carrasco, together with other matters worth knowing and telling.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-iv) Sancho's donkey, stolen by Ginés de Pasamonte and later seen by Sancho. ### [Wherein is related what befell Don Quixote on his way to see his lady Dulcinea del Toboso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-viii) Sighs, interpreted by Sancho as a sign of his own good fortune. ### [Wherein is related the crafty device Sancho adopted to enchant the lady Dulcinea, and other incidents as ludicrous as they are true](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-x) Sancho's donkey, which he rides and dismounts from when approaching the peasant girls. ### [Of the strange adventure which the valiant Don Quixote had with the car or cart of the Cortes of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xi) Sancho's ass, frightened by the devil with bladders, runs off but returns. ### [Wherein it is shown who Master Pedro and his ape were, together with the mishap Don Quixote had in the braying adventure, which he did not conclude as he would have liked or as he had expected.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvii) Mentioned as having been stolen by Ginés de Pasamonte from Sancho Panza. ### [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxviii) Sancho's donkey, which he rides and from which he dismounts after being beaten. ### [Of the famous adventure of the enchanted bark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxix) Tied alongside Rocinante, brays in grief at being left behind. ### [Of Don Quixote’s adventure with a fair huntress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxx) Sancho's donkey; Sancho's foot gets caught in the packsaddle ropes while dismounting. ### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiii) Sancho's donkey, for whom he requests care from the duchess, and whom he plans to take to his government. ### [XXXIV Which relates how they learned the way in which they were to disenchant the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso, which is one of the rarest adventures in this book.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiv) Stays by Sancho's side during his mishap, highlighting their loyalty. ### [Of what happened Sancho in making the round of his island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xlix) Sancho's donkey, mentioned as needing feeding alongside himself. ### [Of the troublous end and termination Sancho Panza's government came to.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-liii) Sancho's donkey, whom he embraces and kisses farewell, lamenting the loss of their peaceful companionship. ### [LIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-liv) Sancho's donkey, which he rides during his journey. ### [Of what befell Sancho on the road, and other things that cannot be surpassed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lv) Falls into the pit with Sancho and brays, confirming Sancho's identity. ### [Which tells how adventures came crowding on Don Quixote in such numbers that they gave one another no breathing-time.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lviii) Belaboured during the bull charge. ### [Of what happened Don Quixote on entering Barcelona, together with other matters that partake of the true rather than of the ingenious](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxi) Has furze placed under its tail by boys, causing it to buck and throw Sancho. ### [Which treats of what he who reads will see, or what he who has it read to him will hear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxvi) Sancho rides Dapple and refuses to travel on foot. ### [Of the bristly adventure that befell Don Quixote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxviii) Used by Sancho as shelter; left scattered after the pig stampede. ### [Of what passed between Don Quixote and his squire Sancho on the way to their village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxxi) Mentioned as having its packsaddle vacated; Sancho uses Dapple's halter and headstall to make a whip. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/dapple - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters