A man once hired a donkey to travel from one town to another.
It was a one-way hire so the owner of the donkey followed the man on the donkey.
He was driving the donkey to its destination and he had decided to drive it back home with himself riding it. It was summer and by the, in the heat of the day, they stopped to rest.
The traveler wanted to rest in the donkey’s shadow. The owner did not allow the traveler this privilege. He maintained that he had hired out the donkey and not it’s shadow.
He wanted to rest in the disputed shadow.
The traveler maintained that every thing that the donkey was capable of doing was his to use during the period of hire.
From words they came to blows: and whilst they were belaboring each other, the donkey took to its heels and was soon out of site!
FIGHT OVER TRIFLES AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL GAIN.
