Don't think I'm buying him for work.

I want only his skin.

It looks very tough and I can use it to make myself a drumhead.

I belong to a musical band in my village and I need a drum." I leave it to you, my dear children, to picture to yourself the great pleasure with which Pinocchio heard that he was to become a drumhead! As soon as the buyer had paid the four cents, the Donkey changed hands.
His new owner took him to a high cliff overlooking the sea, put a stone around his neck, tied a rope to one of his hind feet, gave him a push, and threw him into the water.
Pinocchio sank immediately.

And his new master sat on the cliff waiting for him to drown, so as to skin him and make himself a drumhead..