One day a farmer's donkey fell down a well, 

The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do,

Finally he decided the animal was old,

and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn;t worth it to retrive the donkey,

He invited all his neigbours to come over and help him,

They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well,

At first, the donkey realised what was happening and cried horribly, then, to everyone's amazement, he quitened down,

A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down the well, and was astonised at what he saw.

As every shovel of dirt hit his back, the donkey did something amazing,

He would shake it off and take a step up,

As the farmer's neigbours continued to shovel dirt on the top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up,

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off.