Since I wrote about the man, the kid and the donkey, I was reminded of the story of the little sparrow after a friend mentioned it. This story comes from a movie called Assassins (watch it if you have not watched it) starring Julianne Moore , Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas when he was cool. Julianne Moore tells the story to Sylvester Stallone while he is waiting at the bank. I will say no more. I like this story. I tell people about it during conversation sometimes. We have a good laugh. I’m sure it has deeper origins...

The other day I was having a chat with someone who shared with me a story about a donkey that fell in a well. You can read it here. It reminded me of my own donkey story. I'm not sure where my story came from. I think I heard it somewhere while travelling. We don’t have a lot of donkeys in Australia. I have seen a lot of them in other parts of the world. Anyway, here it goes ...