Donkey in The Well

One day as a farmer was passing by the well suddenly his donkey fell into the well. Well was deep so the donkey was not able to get out of it and cried for hours as the farmer was trying to figure out an idea to get it out of the well.

After hours of thinking and seeing the donkey cry he finally decided that the well already needed to be covered up and the donkey was old and wasn’t worth retrieving. So, he invited all his friends and neighbors to help him cover up the well, leaving the donkey inside.

All the people grabbed shovel and started to through dirt inside the well. At first donkey didn’t realized what's happening but when he realized he cried horribly. After some time he quieted down. Every one was amused to see this silence.

After the farmer loaded a few shovels he looked down in the well and was surprised to see that the donkey did something amazing.

He saw that with every shovel of dirt that fell on the donkey's back it would shake it off and take a step up. As people continue to shovel dirt donkeys continue to do the same and take step up. Pretty soon he was at the edge of the well and its life was saved.

Moral: When life shovels all kinds of dirt on you, the trick is to Not get Down by all the problems and Take time to stop and think of a way to solve it.

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