An old farmer and his son were going to a distant fair to sell their donkey. The father was leading the donkey, and the son was beating it from behind. On the way a group of men remarked, “How silly they are! They are walking in the hot sun. One of them can easily ride the donkey and drive it.” So the old man made his son ride the donkey and himself walked by.
On the way an old man remarked, “Look here! how selfish this stout fellow is He is riding on the donkey while his old and feeble father is plodding behind it.”
This remark cut the son to the quick. He got down and the father rode in his place. Some young boys rebuked the father for his selfishness. To please them the old man placed his son also on the donkey’s back.
They had not gone far when a crowd of people accused them of their cruelty to a dumb animal.
At this they got down and began to carry the donkey on their shoulder. While crossing a narrow bridge across the river, the donkey fell into the river and was drowned.
On the way an old man remarked, “Look here! how selfish this stout fellow is He is riding on the donkey while his old and feeble father is plodding behind it.”
This remark cut the son to the quick. He got down and the father rode in his place. Some young boys rebuked the father for his selfishness. To please them the old man placed his son also on the donkey’s back.
They had not gone far when a crowd of people accused them of their cruelty to a dumb animal.
At this they got down and began to carry the donkey on their shoulder. While crossing a narrow bridge across the river, the donkey fell into the river and was drowned.
