Gareth Milliken, Rev.

One day a farmer’s donkey fell into the well. It began crying out for help. The farmer tried all he could to work out how to retrieve the poor animal. He finally thought that as the animal was old, and the well needed covering up as it was dry, he would kill two birds with one stone. He went to get help from his neighbours and they all started shovelling in earth to bury the donkey and fill the well. What happened next surprised everyone…

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