10/23/2022 0 Comments The boy that time donkeyPeople do not carry a donkey! It is they that have to carry us on their backs!” “Did you ever see such a thing? Two men are carrying a donkey!” They called out, “Old man! People do not carry a horse, or an ox. While going on their way, they were seen by villagers who could not believe their eyes. In this way, the two of them could lift the donkey. The son put the back of the pole on his shoulders. The father put the front of the pole on his shoulders. They passed a pole between the two pairs of feet. He and his son got hold of the donkey and tied each pair of its feet tight. The price for him will go down.”Īt last, the father had an idea. If the donkey walks as far as to the village of Kompang, by the time we get there he might be too thin. "The village of Kompang would be good," he said. "It would be good to have you with me for a long trip," said the father. We need to go far away, where most farmers do not have a donkey, to get the best price for him.” But all the farmers I know already have a donkey. On seeing the fine grown-up donkey, the farmer said to his son, “Look at this strong donkey! If only there was a need in our village to buy a donkey, we would get a good price for him. One baby donkey grew up to be the most handsome and plump donkey they had ever seen. The two of them took good care of all the animals on the farm. It is the best love to practice.LONG AGO IN CAMBODIA, there once lived a farmer and his son. Put your happiness above everything else. May we all learn the most important lesson: This festival season, as we celebrate the victory of light over darkness on Diwali, I pray that all of us can clean the cobwebs of confusion and unhappiness from our minds. You will just end up being miserable and unhappy. Seriously, you can’t satisfy them all! It is a lost battle from the word go. Everyone and their uncle has an opinion on how you should lead your life. Whether it is getting married at a particular age, having a career or not, having children or not, celebrating festivals, losing weight/gaining weight, raising your children in a particular way, taking care of your parents, even having views – everything is under the microscope now. Moral of the Story: Please everyone and you please none!Ĭorrelate this to your routine life. Here they lost their balance and the poor donkey fell in the river and drowned. So, awkwardly and painfully they trudged the donkey along on their shoulders till they came to a bridge. The man and the boy now decided to carry the donkey. As they passed some people, they overheard them feeling bad about the poor beast of burden who was clearly overloaded. Now, both of them decided to go on the donkey. They pointedly commented that the boy was so lazy to be going on the donkey while his poor father walked. Some time later, he came across a group of men. The man immediately got down and put his son on the donkey. They had gone just a little distance ahead when a bunch of women looked at him in contempt and commented that he was very selfish to be making his young son walk in the sun while he enjoyed a ride on the donkey. Hearing this, the man climbed on top of the donkey. He passed an old man who sniggered how foolish they were to be walking when they had a donkey who could easily carry them. So here’s the tale just to refresh your memory.Ī man was walking with his son and his donkey in his village. The other day my husband was narrating this one to my younger son, and it struck me how very sensible and relevant this story is for every stage of life. This is a lovely story that I am sure most of you must have heard when you were children.
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