The wise donkey![]() When you are faced with challenges in life, and problems are hitting on your right left and center, just know that there is always a way out of it. Just like the donkey, shake it off and step up. I was brought up in rural area. In our neighbourhood, poverty was real. There wer very few cars then and the most common mode of cargo transport was donkey carts. The donkey owners were the most bad people that i used to know then. There was one that used to beat his donkey so badly that it used to havè wounds. He would say that if you give a donkey luxurious life, it would laugh until it dies. How lame? Then in 2001, Dreamworks released a franchised named Shrek. Donkey was Shrek's best friend. Though the character depicted donkey as a likeable, charming and outgoing, they forgot to give him a name. They just called him donkey! As opposed to the donkey character which is humble and timid, shrek's friend was loudy and aggressive. In the bible, Jesus entered Jerusalem mounted on a donkey. This was to show his humility and peacefulness. The Shrek franchise ended abruptly. But there was a story they forgot to give. Just the way they forgot to name donkey. One day as Donkey was strolling in the kings gardens, far far away, he slipped and fell into an abandoned pit. At that time, he was not the most likeable animal around. When the other animals came, they looked down the hole and laughed. "Get yourself out Donkey! you are so loudy" the pig said. "Its your time to die and leave us in peace" the goose shouted. The kingsmen came and tried to pull donkey out of the whole, in vain. They were tired and helpless. So they decided that the fate of the donkey was sealed. He will eventually die. Therefore they decide to bury him. Donkey was screaming at the top of his voice "I am not ready to die. I am so young to die. I cant die know, i have just fallen in love." The kings men picked the shovels and started throwing soil into the pit. Donkey continued screaming loudly. Then they noticed that the donkey had stopped screaming. They peeped into the pit and guess what they found. Everytime they threw soil into the pit, it fell on donkey's back. Donkey would dance, shake it off and smile just like he has done in the photo above. They were amazed. After a few minutes, Donkey jumped out of the pit.
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