Wednesday 24 March 2021

The Sorry Ass

 

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.

He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Enough of that ... The donkey later came back, and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.

The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

MORAL OF THE STORY

When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

23 comments:

  1. Well! I sure didn't expect the ending of this one.

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    1. Neither did the farmer, I guess.

      God bless you, Kathy.

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  2. Serves him right!
    Tho' the first part was horrific to imagine, I love this lesson.

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    1. Thank you Mevely. Every so often, I like to mix humour with a lesson.

      God bless you and yours.

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  3. Perfect ending!
    Reminds me of the tale from the movie "Catch me if you can" where he tells of a mouse drowning in cream who paddled his feet so hard the cream turned to butter and he climbed out. No moral to that I guess except maybe if you are drowning in cream just swim like Hell.

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    1. That's a good lesson, JoeH. I never saw the film. But I'll remember the lesson next time I spread butter on my toast.

      God bless.

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  4. I love the moral of this story, Victor, as it is absolutely true every time.
    Blessings!

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    1. Thank you Martha. I'm glad you liked this story. I scratch my head for a new post every day.

      God bless always.

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  5. Dearest Victor,
    Well, did never hear the final part of that story... LOVE it and it is usually true.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  6. A great story, love the ending. Thanks, Victor!

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    1. Thank you Bill. So pleased you enjoyed this story.

      God bless my friend.

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  7. I like the donkey's life wisdom, and the moral of the story is just super!

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    1. Great to see you here again Ladka. Thanx.

      God bless.

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  8. Great story. Like Tom's comment! :)

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  9. I loved this story, and the moral was right on. Thanks, Victor. Bless you.

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  10. Does this mean that to survive people trying to kill you, you need to be a smart ass?

    This is a very good lesson, although some things are harder to shake off than others.

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    1. Yes, some things are harder to shake off, but it should not stop us from trying.

      God bless, Mimi.

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