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The Ass and Its Bosses*
A farmer had an ass on his farm
That wasn't having a very good time.
The ass hated the meager food,
Hard work, and overall grime.
It begged Zeus to deliver it
To another boss. Zeus then sent
Hermes down to talk to the farmer
To bid him to sell the malcontent.
Sold to a potter, the ass soon learned
That working for him was a bigger chore.
It found the work to be dirty and even
Harder than it had been before.
It asked Zeus to find it another
Boss, so Zeus in a sarcastic manner
Arranged for the ass to be sold again--
THIS time to the local tanner.
When the ass realized
Its new boss's trade, it cried,
"Woe is me! Why wasn't I
More content--more satisfied,
"With my first bosses, who would have buried
Me decently. And frankly that
Would have consoled me somewhat, but now
I'll end up in a TANNING VAT!"
Moral?
Learning how to appreciate
What we have is hard to master
Until we're stuck with a boss or leader
Who happens to be a total disaster.
-by Bob B (3-4-18)
*An Aesop tale retold here in verse
That wasn't having a very good time.
The ass hated the meager food,
Hard work, and overall grime.
It begged Zeus to deliver it
To another boss. Zeus then sent
Hermes down to talk to the farmer
To bid him to sell the malcontent.
Sold to a potter, the ass soon learned
That working for him was a bigger chore.
It found the work to be dirty and even
Harder than it had been before.
It asked Zeus to find it another
Boss, so Zeus in a sarcastic manner
Arranged for the ass to be sold again--
THIS time to the local tanner.
When the ass realized
Its new boss's trade, it cried,
"Woe is me! Why wasn't I
More content--more satisfied,
"With my first bosses, who would have buried
Me decently. And frankly that
Would have consoled me somewhat, but now
I'll end up in a TANNING VAT!"
Moral?
Learning how to appreciate
What we have is hard to master
Until we're stuck with a boss or leader
Who happens to be a total disaster.
-by Bob B (3-4-18)
*An Aesop tale retold here in verse
