Shameful Story!

(The story is set in 18^th century, when animals were still used for traveling over shorter distances.)

The father, ‘Pa’ and son, ‘Baba’ went to nearby town to buy an animal for commuting. As they were walking back to their town with ‘donkey’, the people passing along started making fun. “Look at these idiots, they have a donkey to ride, but still they are walking”. After hearing the remarks, Pa asked Baba to sit on the donkey. Baba obeyed like a good boy and they started again.

After passing a couple of miles they met with an elderly lady. “It’s really shameful to see the old father walking while his young son is enjoying the ride”, she said. Baba really felt bad and asked his Pa to ride the donkey. Pa reluctantly agreed and they resumed their journey.

They had just crossed the half way, when two gentlemen passing by made remarks, “Well look at the proud father, he has no sympathy for his young son. He just wants his own comfort, it’s disgraceful!” Pa really felt bad and stopped for a while. Then he asked his son to join him on the donkey. Now both Pa and Baba were riding on the donkey and they stared their journey again.

After going for half an hour, the donkey started feeling the extra weight of two people on his back and started puffing. Eventually he (donkey) lost his conscious and collapsed on the ground. Pa and Baba really got worried and called people around for help. After knowing what happened, people started cursing them saying that they had no sympathy for the poor animal and they almost killed it. What a Shame!!