Today we accidentally stole a donkey. There is a system here where donkeys, followed closely by their owners, make the long trek up the side of our mountain, carrying whatever goods need delivering. It seems people can put stuff on and take stuff off at any point along the way. It's a good system. Anyway, we didn't realise how this worked, and inadvertantly joined a path between a resting donkey and it's resting owner. When the donkey senses someone behind him, he walks, presuming the person behind is the owner and rest time is over. The donkey walked ahead, we followed, the donkey stopped, and when we caught up he continued. This continued all the way up the hill, leaving the real owner oblivious to this far down the hill. the end. Hindi continues to be
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