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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=561794" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Listening to every Tom, Dick and Donkey</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Come, we have a story, said the Old Man. Come, sit and I shall tell you all a little tale of a donkey, a boy and his father…and of strangers too…and many a busybody…<br>And the children sat round the campfire and the Old Man began his tale…</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day<br>(and this is many, many<br>uncountable days ago) <br>Father called Son<br>and he said: <br>‘Son<br>you are grown now<br>into a fine young lad<br>and you must learn<br>how to buy and sell<br>and make a profit</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>‘So, come let us go<br>you and I<br>to the market to see<br>what silver coins we can get<br>for this old donkey<br>in our shed’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">2</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so Son and Dad<br>set out for the town market<br>across the sandy and rocky miles<br>and some way off<br>Dad grew tired and he said: </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>‘Ah, Son<br>this walk tires me and so<br>I shall ride the donkey<br>while you walk by the side; <br>so, come let us go<br>you and I<br>to the market to see<br>what silver coins we can get<br>for this old donkey<br>that I shall ride’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">3</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘Ho, ho! <br>What do we have here? ’<br>came a voice<br>as the Dad sat riding the donkey<br>while the Son walked by the side<br>‘A cruel father you are, ’<br>said the Family Standards Officer<br>‘Get down, you grown man<br>and let the child ride! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the Father was ashamed<br>and so he let the Son ride the donkey<br>and he walked beside</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the Family Standards Officer<br>was extremely pleased<br>and he filled up his forms<br>and he bade the Father and Son safe journey: <br>‘Ah, this is another<br>success story<br>of the Family Welfare Dept<br>where conscience has won the day<br>and the Son rides the donkey<br>and the Father walks beside’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>4<br>A nd the Father and Son are gone but a mile, a mile - when another interruption came their way, heading straight their way….</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>‘What do we have here? ’<br>came a scream<br>and the Mandarin of the<br>State Morals Education<br>stopped the trio<br>and the Mandarin glared disapprovingly<br>at the boy riding the donkey and he said: <br>‘Where is your filial piety? <br>Know you not the son must do his duty<br>by the father? <br>Get off the donkey -<br>you young donkey! <br>and allow your father to ride<br>while you walk with reverence<br>and duty beside! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And so now we have the<br>Father on the donkey<br>and the Son walking beside<br>all three slowly on and on<br>Father and son<br>to the market to see<br>what silver coins<br>they might get<br>for this old donkey<br>that they have taken turns to ride</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>5</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then comes an old woman<br>and she mutters to herself as she passes by: <br>‘Ah, what’s come of life<br>that a father should ride and<br>allow the young to walk.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so the Father bids his Son<br>be a pillion rider with him on the donkey<br>and so they ride<br>merrily, merrily<br>on to the market<br>to see<br>what silver coins they can get<br>for this old donkey<br>that they both ride</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">5</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But no sooner have they covered<br>but a mile, just a mile<br>with the respectable Father<br>and the filial Son<br>(both on the hapless donkey) <br>when a voice thunders out from the bush<br>and the Animal Rights Activist stands out<br>and he screams: <br>‘Oh, you cruel people<br>that you should ride a helpless donkey! <br>Shame on you! <br>Much better that you both<br>carried the creature! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And of course<br>the Son and Father<br>so reasonable and<br>always with an open mind<br>they jump off the donkey<br>and they carry<br>the donkey all the way<br>all the way<br>just four more miles<br>just four more miles<br>and they soon come into the market<br>carrying the donkey<br>and shouting: <br>‘Donkey for sale! <br>Donkey for sale! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>6</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the buyers<br>at the markets<br>they see<br>this Father and Son<br>carrying the donkey<br>and screaming: <br>‘Donkey f or sale! <br>Donkey for sale! ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And the buyers they say: <br>‘But it appears, Sirs, <br>there are<br>three donkeys for sale<br>three donkeys for sale! <br>In declaring<br>“Donkey for Sale! ”<br>when there are clearly three<br>are you offering three<br>for the price of one? ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Raj+Arumugam">Raj Arumugam</a><div class=q>
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