A Story With A Moral

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 WAS A SHAME THE OLD MAN WAS WALKING AND THE BOY
WAS RIDING."

THE MAN AND BOY THOUGHT MAYBE THE CRITICS WERE RIGHT,
SO THEY CHANGED POSITIONS.  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 MORE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY
WERE
STUPID TO WALK WHEN THEY HAD A DECENT DONKEY TO RIDE.

SO, THEY BOTH RODE THE DONKEY!

NOW THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE THAT SHAMED THEM BY
SAYING, "HOW AWFUL TO PUT SUCH A LOAD ON A POOR
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.