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    The Man, The Boy, and The Donkey

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    A man and his son were traveling into town with their donkey to sell potatoes. Along the way, they received criticism from different people about who should ride the donkey. First they were told the man should ride, then the son, then both. To please everyone, they tried carrying the donkey on their shoulders, but it became too heavy and fell into the river, ruining their potatoes. In the end, they realized you can't please everyone.

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    A man and his son were traveling into town with their donkey to sell potatoes. Along the way, they received criticism from different people about who should ride the donkey. First they were told the man should ride, then the son, then both. To please everyone, they tried carrying the donkey on their shoulders, but it became too heavy and fell into the river, ruining their potatoes. In the end, they realized you can't please everyone.

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    A man and his son were traveling into town with their donkey to sell potatoes. Along the way, they received criticism from different people about who should ride the donkey. First they were told the man should ride, then the son, then both. To please everyone, they tried carrying the donkey on their shoulders, but it became too heavy and fell into the river, ruining their potatoes. In the end, they realized you can't please everyone.

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    The Man, The Boy, and The Donkey

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    A man and his son were traveling into town with their donkey to sell potatoes. Along the way, they received criticism from different people about who should ride the donkey. First they were told the man should ride, then the son, then both. To please everyone, they tried carrying the donkey on their shoulders, but it became too heavy and fell into the river, ruining their potatoes. In the end, they realized you can't please everyone.

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    THE MAN, THE BOY AND THE DONKEY

    Once, a man and his son were going into town. They wanted to
    sell some potatoes. They went with their donkey, and the donkey
    carried the potatoes.
    While they walked, another man came past on a horse.
    ‘Shame on you!’ he said. ‘Why do you have a donkey, but you
    don’t ride it? Donkeys should be ridden.’
    So the man said to his son, ‘Get on the donkey and ride it.’
    They kept on going. A few hours later, a group of old women
    walked past.
    ‘Look at that lazy young boy,’ said one of the women. ‘Shame on
    him! He makes his father walk while he rides. His father should
    ride on the horse.’
    So the man said to his son, ‘Get off the donkey. I will ride.’
    They kept on going. An hour later, an old man walked past them.
    ‘Shame on that man!’ he said. ‘He sits and rides the donkey, while
    his son must walk and walk. His son should ride on the donkey.’
    The man didn’t know what to do. Some people said that he should
    ride, and some people said that his son should ride. So he picked
    up the boy and put him on the donkey’s shoulders.

    -1-
    They kept on going, and they came to a house. There, people
    pointed at them and said things.
    ‘What is it this time?!’ said the man. ‘What have we done wrong?’
    ‘Shame on you both!’ they said. ‘That donkey is old, and you and
    your fat son are sitting on his back. He will die soon, we think!’
    The man and his son got off the donkey and thought about what
    to do. If the man rode on it, people complained. If his son rode on
    it, people complained. If they both rode on it, people complained.
    Finally, the man said, ‘We will carry the donkey.’
    So the man and his son carried the donkey on their shoulders.
    Now people pointed and laughed at them. The donkey did not like
    being carried. He was afraid. The man and his son also did not like
    carrying the donkey, because he was heavy.
    They came to a bridge, and the man could not carry the donkey
    anymore. The donkey fell off the bridge and into the river.
    ‘Oh no!’ said the son.
    ‘Quick!’ said the man.
    They ran and took the donkey out of the water, but now he was
    all wet. The potatoes had all fallen into the water, and now they
    could not sell them.
    So you see, you cannot please everyone.
    THE END

    -2-

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