The man, the boy and the donkey

This was one option that was not considered in Aesop's famous fable on how to travel with a donkey! This picture was taken by the late Rapaee Kawi (fondly known as Apai), former senior photographer of The Star, on assignment in Afghanistan.

A MAN and his son were driving their donkey to a market to sell the animal. They had not travelled far when they saw a group of housewives talking under a tree, one of whom said to her friends, “Why do that man and his son walk when they could ride the donkey?”

Under fire for what he perceived was his stupidity, the man told his son to mount the donkey.