The man and the donkey

I don't like listening to All India Radio FM because I feel the radio jockeys are still in that pre- freedom era, they have a monotonous style of presenting the show and needless to say all shows are boring. But sometimes ( read sometimes) they have interesting things to share and this story narrated by one of the anchors caught my eye. So it goes like this :


Once upon a time a man had a donkey. The man used to take the donkey everywhere. So one day as usual they go out for a journey. After hours of traveling the distance, the man decides to stop for a while. He sees that there is a well near by and thinks that why not get some water for himself. Somehow while fetching water from the well, the donkey gets pushed in the well. He looks out for options but is not able to find a way to get the donkey out. Although the man loves the donkey but since he couldn't find options to take him out he decides to leave the donkey in the well. But before leaving the place, he thinks that since the well is used to fetch water, he should better kill the donkey and cover it with sand. He starts throwing sand in the well. When the donkey comes to know that his master is soon going to kill him, he starts making noises loudly. After some time, there is no noise from the well. The man wonders what has happened. He looks into the well and finds out that the donkey is collecting the sand at one place and stepping on it. As soon as the man throws some more sand, he steps on it further. This process goes on until the donkey reaches at some height of the well,plunges out and runs away.

Quite long story which could have been said in a very few words.

Moral: Life is also the same. We have many problems,many things that keep us worried. Just like the donkey we have to find a solution to end those problems, step over them and move on.....