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do, but at last he took his Boy up 

 before him on the Donkey. By this time 

 they had come to the town, and the passers- 

 by began to jeer and point at them. The 

 Man stopped and asked what they were 

 scoffing at The men said : " Aren't you 

 ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor 

 Donkey of yours — you and your hulking son ? ' 

 The Man and Boy got off and tried to think 

 what to do. They thought and they thought, 

 till at last they cut down a pole, tied the 

 Donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and 

 the Donkey to their shoulders. They went 

 along amid the laughter of all who met them 



