Outline.
A miller and his
son --- drive their donkey --- none riding --- laughed at ---- boy riding ---
laughed at --- old man riding --- laughed at --- both riding --- laughed at ---
decide to carry the donkey --- it is frightened as they cross a bridge ---
falls down --- drowned --- Moral.
The Story.
An old miller and
his son were going to the fair, one day. But neither of the two was riding it. People
laughed at their folly, and the father asked his son to ride. Soon they met
another group of people, who did not like the old man going on foot. So the son
got down and asked his father to ride the donkey.
So the son rode behind his father. Soon they met some young meri. They rebuked them for their cruelty to the donkey and asked them to carry it on their shoulders. They did so by tying its legs with a strong rope and passing a bamboo through these.
But the donkey was frightened, when they were crossing a bridge. It broke loose
fell into the stream below and drowned.
Moral. It is
difficult to please everybody.