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DONKEY WISDOM
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TWO DONKEYS STOOD UNDER A TREE...
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DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
You are right. This Indian Hindu version of "hell" sure beats our definition of it.
DONKEY 2:
You bet. Taking birth only 184,000 times in different lives as a non-human is better than
the other option of surviving in boiling lava for as much time.
DONKEY 1:
And your choice to become a donkey as the first non-human life was also a brilliant one.
DONKEY 2:
Boy, stick around with me and you will be happy.
DONKEY 1:
But we will have to be born as insects too, you know.
DONKEY 2:
Sure. But we can opt for that choice later. Immediately after human life, who wants to become
an insect!
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
We should not have killed those two guards.
DONKEY 2:
Who knew those two jerks will come just as we were leaving the bank.
DONKEY 1:
We should not have robbed the bank either.
DONKEY 2:
We needed the money, remember?
DONKEY 1:
We should have remained poor and worked like other humans do.
DONKEY 2:
My child was dying of cancer, remember?
DONKEY 1:
He died even after the operation.
DONKEY 2:
But, at least I tried to save him.
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
And you wanted to buy that chateau in Switzerland, remember?
DONKEY 1:
That was just to win over that woman.
DONKEY 2:
You could have gone for that other woman too.
DONKEY 1:
Damn those guards!
DONKEY 2:
Don't curse them, they were just doing their jobs. Stealing is bad enough to go to hell.
DONKEY 1:
Wonder if they had kids?
DONKEY 2:
They did. I read about them in the newspaper the next day.
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
Wonder when this first life as a non-human will end.
DONKEY 2:
Yeah. Then another 183,999 lives to go before we get human birth.
DONKEY 1:
Maybe boiling lava would have been an easier choice.
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
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JUST THEN, THE TWO RESPECTIVE OWNERS OF THE DONKEYS CAME TO THE SCENE WITH TWO SACKS OF
LOAD. THEY STRAPPED THE DONKEYS WITH THE LOADS.
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MAN 1:
All set. These bombs will go off in half an hour's time.
MAN 2:
That will teach them to mess with us again.
MAN 1:
Now let's take these donkeys to the crowded market.
MAN 2:
Yes. Let me activate the bombs. The market is just ten minutes away.
MAN 1:
Good. No one fools with us and gets away with it.
MAN 2:
Yeah, but we will get away with this. Is our get-away car ready?
MAN 1:
You bet.
MAN 2:
Good. Let's go.
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TWENTY MINUTES LATER, THE DONKEYS STOOD IN A CROWDED MARKET.
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DONKEY 1:
If you spoke their language would you have told them not to do it.
DONKEY 2:
Yes.
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
Fools!
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
What will you want to be in the next ten minutes?
DONKEY 2:
I think I'll become a butterfly. You?
DONKEY 1:
I'm planning to take the tough ones first. I'll become a cockroach.
DONKEY 2:
The big type?
DONKEY 1:
No, the small type.
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
Is killing ok?
DONKEY 2:
Only in self-defence.
DONKEY 1:
Always?
DONKEY 2:
Some times it is better to die.
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
Most times...
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
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SOON, ONLY 15 SECONDS WERE LEFT FOR THE BOMBS TO GO OFF.
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DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
Love you.
DONKEY 2:
Yeah. You too.
DONKEY 1:
See you.
DONKEY 2:
Yeah. You too.
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
Will we meet again as humans?
DONKEY 2:
Yup, I'm sure we will.
DONKEY 1:
(Silence)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
(Starts crying)
DONKEY 2:
(Silence)
DONKEY 1:
Do you think...
DONKEY 2:
Shut up. Just shut up...
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