THE HORSE AND THE DONKEY
Once upon a time there was a poor washer man.All he had was a donkey and a horse. He would use the donkey to carry the load of clothes from the village to the river and back.While he would use the horse for himself to go wherever he needed to .
Characters
Joe -washer man
White - horse
Browne - donkey
Tim - first villager
Tom - second villager
Browne: The White is enjoying an easy life.I am always working hard.
[the donkey whispered]
Joe: Today I want to collect some clothes for washing. The villagers will wait for me .
[ He went to the village to collect clothes.]
Joe: Hello! are there any clothes you want to give for washing today?
Tim : Yes,yes.I have.
[He gave some clothes.Joe knocked on the next house]
Tom: Hello! How are you today?
Joe: I am good. Thank you.Do you have any clothes for washing?
Tom : Yes,I am glad you came.We have too many guests today and excess laundry too.
Joe: Don't worry.I will have them back in time.
Tom :Thank you
[Joe loaded everything on to his donkey.They walked a lot and rest for a while.]
Browne:White can you help me?This load is too heavy to carry.Since the master is walking today and you have no burden to carry.Can you take some of mine?
White :I am here to serve my master not you .It is not my job to carry the load. It's yours and you alone must do it.
[ They started walking. But after sometime the donkey collapsed. ]
Joe : Oh no! what's wrong with my donkey!Let me get his weight of him first.
[ Joe removed the bags and bundles of clothes from the donkey.]
Joe :Oh, these bags are very very heavy.It was wrong of me to put them on the donkey alone.I will put everything on the horse.Let's give the donkey some rest today.
[He put all bundles on the back of the horse.They started walking.]
White : It's all my fault.This is so heavy.I wish I had not been so selfish earlier.If I had shared the Browne's load when he had asked me to,I wouldn't have had to carry all this by myself. From now on, I will always share the burden.
[walking sadly behind Joe and Browne]
