Father, Son, and Donkey

 

A father, son, and donkey rode to town,

and someone cried, The boy should ride! And so

he did. A neighbor, watching with a frown,

exclaimed, That lazy boy! "They seem to know

what's best," the father thought, and so he rode

instead. How selfish! someone said, so both

commenced to ride, but now the heavy load

upon the donkey drew a curse, an oath

of donkey rights. So now the dad and son

prepared a carrier from sticks and rope.

With donkey on their shoulders, everyone

began to laugh: the couple had to cope

with endless waves of rightful mockery,

for this display was quite a sight to see.