THE OLD MAN AND THE DONKEY

AN OLD MAN, A
BOY AND A DONKEY
WERE GOING TO TOWN.
THE BOY RODE ON
THE DONKEY AND THE
OLD MAN WALKED.

AS THEY WENT ALONG THEY PASSED
SOME PEOPLE WHO REMARKED THAT IT
WAS A SHAME THE OLD MAN WAS WALKING
WHILE THE BOY WAS RIDING.

THE MAN AND BOY THOUGHT
MAYBE THE CRITICS WERE RIGHT,
SO THEY CHANGED POSITIONS.

LATER THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE WHO
REMARKED, "WHAT A SHAME! HE MAKES
THAT LITTLE BOY WALK." THEY DECIDED
THEY BOTH WOULD WALK!

SOON THEY PASSED SOME MORE PEOPLE
WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE STUPID TO WALK
WHEN THEY HAD A DECENT DONKEY TO RIDE.
SO THEY BOTH RODE THE DONKEY!

NOW THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE WHO
SHAMED THEM BY SAYING, "HOW AWFUL TO
PUT SUCH A LOAD ON A POOR DONKEY!"

THE BOY AND MAN SAID THEY WERE
PROBABLY RIGHT, SO THEY DECIDED
TO CARRY THE DONKEY.

AS THEY CROSSED A BRIDGE, THEY LOST
THEIR GRIP ON THE ANIMAL, AND HE FELL
INTO THE RIVER AND DROWNED.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY?

IF YOU TRY TO PLEASE EVERYONE,
YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE YOUR ASS.