Never Ending Criticism

Once there was an old man and a young boy who were traveling with a donkey.

1)The young man was leading the donkey and the old man was riding on the donkey.
When they passed through a small village, some of the townspeople yelled abuse, "Look at this old man taking advantage of this poor young boy! What a rascal!"

2) After they had passed through the village, the old man said, "We had better swap over, otherwise they will abuse us in the next village." So then they swapped with the old man leading and the young boy riding. But in the next village also they got criticized, "Look at this selfish boy, taking advantage of his grandfather. He should let the old man ride on the donkey."

3)So then they both got off and led the donkey, but in the next village the people yelled out, "Look at these two stupid people! They have a donkey, but they are choosing to walk instead!"

Then the old man concluded, "Actually, it doesn't matter what you do, people will always be critical."

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