The moral is that you can't please everyone. If you try to follow everyone's advice, you'll end up not being able to make a proper decision. In the story, the man and his son keep changing what they are doing with the donkey based on others' opinions and in the end, they are left with a ridiculous situation.
A man and his son are going to the market with their donkey. First, the son rides the donkey and they are criticized for making the old man walk. Then the man rides and they are scolded for overworking the donkey while the young boy walks. Next, they both ride and are condemned for being cruel to the donkey. Finally, they carry the donkey and end up falling into a river, looking foolish.
Well, the moral is about not being overly influenced by others' judgments. In the story, every time the old man and his son listened to someone else's comment on their way of using the donkey, they changed. But in reality, they should have had their own idea. It shows that we should trust our own instincts and not be swayed so easily by what others think is 'right' for us.
The moral could be that if you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. In the story, as they keep changing their way of traveling with the donkey based on others' opinions, they end up in a comical and rather unproductive situation.
The moral is that you can't please everyone. As the man and his son journey with the donkey, different people along the way criticize their way of handling the donkey - whether they both walk, the son rides, or the man rides. In trying to conform to all these opinions, they end up in a worse situation. It's a reminder that we need to make decisions based on what we think is right, not just to satisfy others.
The main characters are the man and his son. They are the ones who own the donkey and are involved in all the situations regarding how to travel with the donkey.
The main characters are the man, his son, and the donkey. They are the ones around which the whole story revolves. The man and his son's actions and decisions regarding the donkey form the plot of the story.
Well, one possible moral is about staying true to your own judgment. The man in the story constantly changes his actions regarding his donkey according to what different people say. He doesn't have his own firm stance, and as a result, things go wrong for him. So it's like a reminder that we should trust our own instincts more often.
There were an old man and his son who owned a donkey. They were on their way to the market. At the beginning, the son was on the donkey's back and the old man was on foot. Some people along the road scolded the son for being impolite to his father. So the old man took the place on the donkey and the son walked. But soon, other people said the old man was too harsh on his son. Then both of them rode the donkey. Immediately, some passers - by said they were abusing the donkey. Finally, they carried the donkey instead of riding it, and all the people they met laughed at their behavior.
The moral could be that trying to please everyone often leads to pleasing no one. The old man in the story changes his donkey's position based on others' opinions and in the end, nothing really works out well.