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On the way, some people saw the farmer and his son walking with
the donkey behind them. They said, “Look at those fools.
Can’t one of them ride the donkey?”
On hearing this, the farmer told his son to ride the
donkey, while he walked.
When they had gone a little further, some
passers-by saw the son riding the donkey
and remarked, “Look at this boy. He rides on
the donkey and makes his father walk.” The
son heard this and immediately got off the
Why did the farmer ask his son
donkey. Now he made his father climb onto it, just to please
to ride the donkey?
the folks.
A little later, a few women, who were filling water at a well, saw the father riding the
donkey. They said, “ How cruel can people be! This man makes his son walk while he
sits comfortably on the donkey.” The farmer was angry when he heard this. Now, he
made his son also climb onto the donkey’s back.
What made the farmer
The father and the son were happily riding the donkey for change his mind and climb
onto the donkey himself?
sometime when some people saw this and said, “Cruel, aren’t
they? Poor thing! The donkey is sure to die.”
The father and the son quickly jumped down when they heard this. Now they decided
that the best thing would be to carry the donkey. They brought a rope and tied the
donkey’s legs. Then they carried it on their shoulders. Soon they came to a bridge
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