| An old man, a boy, and a donkey were travelling. The boy rode the donkey while the man walked. In the first town they went to, the people all said, "How hard for that old man who has to walk!" The two travelers heard this and decided that the boy should walk and the old man should ride. In the next town, people whispered, "What a shame, he makes the little boy walk!" So the pair decided that they should both ride. In the third town, people all muttered about how cruel it was to make the donkey work so hard. So the boy and the old man decided to carry the donkey. On the way to the next town, they had to go across a bridge. As they walked across it, they slipped and the donkey fell in to the river and drowned. The moral of the story is - If you try to please everyone, you will eventually end up losing your ass. |