Show The Th Donkey Who Wha Was Vas On By ey Dorothy DIX Dx DI A Ap p HEnE was once a a Donkey who prided himself upon being Wise to the THERE 1 Game of Life Lire and knowing his Way About About I apprehend he was wont to t say that my Superior Sagacity and Intelligence will wi prevent my Making Any of the Mortifying Blunders In which he the te rest ret of my Fellow elow Creatures indulge and that instead of spending my days ays like Ike they do in hauling the humble Dump cart crt of or Dally Daily Dal Labor I shall soon be the Chauffeur the Horseless on Carriage Carrage of Prosperity If you want to observe the rise of oC a New Star in the Firmament of Fi Fl Finance Finance nance and Society keep your Eye on Me MeThe MeThe e eThe The Donkey Donl ey was a Chesty Creature wih with a Loud Voice and Iron ron Bound Cheek heek but his greatest peculiarity was his Eyes Eye He possessed p a curious curl us Obliquity of Vision that enabled him to see any an one who was Rich or famous at a great Distance but rendered him totally BUnd Blind to the poor and obscure Neighbor who lived at his very Door Dor DorThus Thus when a Rich banker started down the Street the Donkey never failed to o observe him hm when he was Two Blocks off of so as to give him the Glad Salu tation and the Inside of the Pavement but he always Ran Ra over the Dago stand at the corner and knocked the Apples into the Mud On the Crowded Car the Donkey could also see se a a Wealthy and Handsome 1 ly y dressed Female Creature through the thickness of a Sunday Newspaper so as to give her his seat but he was never aware of the Tired little who was Hanging to a a strap right before his Eyes The Donkeys Manners were sympathetically affected by his eyesight for he lie opined that it was a Dead Waste Vaste of or merriment to o laugh at a Poor Wits Joke oke but at the Club when a Titled English Visitor told a Story StOr backward Wis with the Point where the Beginning ought to be he until he Jarred the Fixtures Likewise at t home when his Rich Aunt Susan visited him he sat t up at night to keep her Wheezy Pug Pg Dog covered up and to Converse with Uh her Par Parrot Parrot Parrot rot but he always told his Impecunious hi sister sistr that that the house wag wa lull full when she he wanted to come ome to see him himI wa ul It I was observable too that the Donkey knew nobody but those of or Import Importance Importance ance In the World He always butted into every ever group of ot Wealthy Creatures Creature he saw sw on the Street and in Society he was only acquainted with wih the Crowd whose Names are Kept standing in Type in the Newspaper Offices Neither did he by any chance ever know a Poor and Obscure Actor but hut the moment a Play made a Hit Hi he called c the Star by his First name and he was intimately familiar with wih all aU the authors author of Popular Books though he did dd not know any ny mere Writers i While the Donkey was thus busy Kowtowing Kow before the Rich Ich and Great and trying to establish a likeness to them tem it chanced that a young yo ng Colt Col who was a cousin of ot his came to pay him hm a visit visit Now the Colt Col was S a jay from He had never had the advantages of being Taught City movement movement Gaits GnUs and as a the Asphalt made him footsore he walked with wih a Moreover there was hayseed In his hair and his clothes had been made by Mother Iother and when he Called Caled upon the te Donkey the Donkey passed ben him the Mar ble Heart and the Hard Turn Down This does for me remarked the Colt Col to himself as a he be arose to leave I r Iam ram Iam am not a pig and I know when I have gotten goten enough and a very ver little Frigid Relative goes goe a long Way with wit me meSo meSo meSo So he went off of and began to train rain In City Ways by himself himsel and as Jie pc ie was wasa a Thoroughbred Thorough red and had Speed in was wag w not long before he be e began to Attract Attention and ad to be Quoted in the Books BOols BOo s as a Good Thing When the Donkey heard that the Colt Col had hd made a a Winning and was being played as a Hot Favorite in Business and plaYe a Society and Touted everywhere as asa asa a buffel buffe buffee Wonder he e went to oo him and d began polishing up the te Bond of Relationship gl but the Colt l would not Stand a for f it 1 Not on your our tintype he said sald Forget It it When I needed neede the Glad Hand you gave me rue the Frozen Fist and If If you ever get into Society it I will wi not be on my Cart Cart Furthermore while I do not wish to Rap flap A Creature when he Is Down it seems to me i that there is something Wrong with your System Stem for winning i Success Any Apy Creature who is determined to Know Nobody but the Rich and Great Grat ought aught to b be a a Prophet for up one knows when henhe the Whee Wha l Is In Is going to t Turn and the Humble get gt on Top r Co tons Morl Moral This Fable teaches that It Is never Safe to Snub your Poor Rela |