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    e tective

    be a d

    The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey

    Mission:
    Read the story below. Can you predict what will happen next?

    Once, a man and his son were going to the market with their
    donkey. As they walked a man passed them and said, “How silly.
    You are walking that donkey when you could be riding it instead.
    What is a donkey for but to ride on?”

    Hearing this, the man put his boy on the donkey’s back and they
    went on their way. But soon they passed a group of women, one of
    whom said: “You should be ashamed of yourself young man. Your
    father who is older than you should be riding and you should be
    walking.” Red-faced and embarrassed the boy jumped down to
    have his father get up on the donkey.

    They hadn’t gone far when they passed a man and woman, one of
    whom said to the other: “Doesn’t he know they can both fit on that
    donkey? His boy doesn’t have to walk this dusty road.”

    What do you think the father and son will do next? Why?

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    Well, the man didn’t know what to do, but at last he took his son up
    and sat him down in front of him on the donkey. They reached the
    town and people began to jeer and point at them. “You’re overload-
    ing that poor donkey—you and your son both sitting there. You
    both look strong! You’d be better off carrying the donkey your-
    selves.”

    They got off of the donkey and tried to think what to do. At last
    they cut down a pole and tied the donkey’s feet to it. With it tied
    to the pole like this they raised the pole to their shoulders and car-
    ried the donkey towards the bridge that lead to the market. This
    was difficult to do.

    The townspeople laughed and heckled them so much that the


    donkey was frightened by everything going on. Its feet slipped
    loose from the ropes and it fell. Once it got to its feet again it ran
    away kicking and bucking.

    “That will teach you,” said an old man who had followed them. “Try
    to please everyone and you will please no one.”

    What was the moral of the story?

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