AN OLD MAN, A BOY AND A DONKEY WERE GOING TO TOWN. THE BOY RODE ON THE DONKEY AND THE OLD MAN WALKED AS THEY WENT ALONG THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE WHO REMARKED IT IS A SHAME THE OLD MAN IS WALKING AND THE BOY WAS RIDING. THE MAN AND THE BOY THOUGHT THE CRITICS WERE RIGHT, SO THEY CHANGED PLACES LATER THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE THAT REMARKED, "WHAT A SHAME HE MAKES THAT LITTLE BOY WALK" THEY DECIDED THEY BOTH WOULD WALK! SOON THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE STUPID TO WALK WHEN THEY HAD A DONKEY TO RIDE. SO THEY BOTH GOT ON THE DONKEY NOW THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE THAT SHAMED THEM BY SAYING HOW AWFUL TO PUT SUCH A LOAD ON A POUR DONKEY. THE BOY AND MAN SAID THEY WERE PROBABLY RIGHT SO THEY DECIDED TO CARRY THE DONKEY. AS THEY CROSSED A BRIDGE, THEY LOST THEIR GRIP ON THE ANIMAL AND HE FELL INTO THE RIVER AND DROWNED THE MORAL OF THE STORY? IF YOU TRY TO PLEASE EVERYONE, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE YOUR ASS.