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A couple of sappy ones.
The Poor Donkey
One day a poor farmer found that his donkey had fallen 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 too old for useful work anymore and
that
the well had dried up and needed to be filled anyway - it just wasn't
worth
it to retrieve the donkey.
So he sent word to all his neighbors to come over and help him. They
appeared later on with their shovels and began to throw dirt into the
well.
At first, the donkey cried horribly at this unforeseen turn of events.
But
then, to everyone's amazement, he quit braying and was silent.
Minutes passed as they silently shoveled until the farmer finally looked
down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel full
the
donkey would shake the dirt off his back and then step up. The farmer's
neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, and the donkey
continued to shake it off and take a step up. By night fall they were
amazed
as the donkey's head appeared at the edge of the well. Furiously they
shoveled faster until the dirt filled the well and the donkey stepped
over
the edge and trotted off!
Moral: 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. With
steadfast effort on your part, those who shoveled dirt on top of you will
soon admire your spirit and help you out of the well. We can get out of
the
deepest wells just by never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!
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