A donkey and a horse were walking from the market. It so happened that the donkey was loaded above its head, and the horse ran quite lightly.
They walked and walked and were halfway there. The donkey got tired and asked the horse:
- Be a friend, help me! Take part of the load!
But the horse only moved its ear. A little later the donkey begged:
- I can’t bear it anymore! Help! But the horse only tapped its ears.
The road went uphill. The donkey feels that he is about to fall, and for the third time he asks the horse:
- Help!
“Okay,” the horse agreed, “I’ll take on something: you carry the load, and I, so be it, will grunt and puff for you.”
The donkey walked a few more steps and fell.
- Get up, get up, honey! - the owner begged, but the donkey could not get up.
There was nothing to do, the owner of the donkey unloaded it and put all the luggage on the horse.
Now the donkey ran lightly, and the horse groaned and panted for two...
It’s not for nothing that they say: alone and apart is twice as difficult; together and together - four times easier.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru