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Dwayne and I had just returned from the Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show and couldn't wait to try out the new harness we had purchased. Our old Cobb harness had never been a good fit for the Miniatures so we were very jazzed to find a new and improved harness that would actually fit and make cart driving fun. We have a gelding named Scissors who is really an inch over Miniature height but is our herd sire's best friend. Scissors had done fine the few times we had tried him at cart driving with the old harness, considering that it didn't fit well. We were delighted to find that the new harness fit him well and off we went. I was trailing with the camera hoping to get some photos of our impressive new harness in action. Dwayne led Scissors around for a bit with the harness on and cart attached and all went well.

Then Dwayne got in the cart and the real fun started. On his first loop driving, Scissors "collapsed" to the ground, complete with eyes rolling. We both freaked out thinking that we had killed him, either by connecting the harness wrong or maybe because of the good old summer heat. I dashed off to get a halter in case we could bring him around, while trying to recall the vet's number from memory. Dwayne began frantically undoing straps and trying to get the cart off of Scissors' back. As soon as he was free of this whole contraption, Scissors jumped up, shook himself off, and almost smiled at us. After commiserating with each other, we decided not to let Scissors get away with this and we tried again. He did his collapsing routine two more times before we called it a day. This time I took pictures since I knew he wasn't dead :) We have decided that Scissors might make a good "trick" donkey!!!

An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along they passed some people who remarked that it was a shame that the old man was walking while the boy was riding. The man and the boy thought the critics were right, so they changed places. Later they passed some people who remarked, "What a shame! He makes that little boy walk!" So they decided that they would both walk. Soon they passed some more people who said that they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So, they decided that they would both ride the donkey. Then they passed some people that shamed them both, saying: "How awful to put such a big load on such a small donkey!" The boy and the man decided that these people were probably right, so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned. The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your ass.

A man bought a donkey from a preacher. The preacher told the man that this donkey had been trained in a very unique way, (being the donkey of a preacher). The only way to make the donkey go, is to say, "Hallelujah!" The only way to make the donkey stop, is to say, "Amen!" The man was pleased with his purchase and immediately got on the animal to try out the preacher's instructions. "Hallelujah!" shouted the man. The donkey began to trot. "Amen!" shouted the man. The donkey stopped immediately. "This is great!" said the man. With a "Hallelujah", he rode off very proud of his new purchase. The man traveled for a long time through some mountains. Soon he was heading towards a cliff. He could not remember the word to make the donkey stop. "Stop," said the man. "Halt!" he cried. The donkey just kept going. "Oh, no... 'Bible...Church!...Please Stop!!," shouted the man. The donkey just began to trot faster. He was getting closer and closer to the cliff edge. Finally, in desperation, the man said a prayer..."Please, dear Lord. Please make this donkey stop before I go off the end of this mountain, AMEN." The donkey came to an abrupt stop just one step from the edge of the cliff. "HALLELUJAH!", shouted the man.