There was once an absent-minded farmer who owned a donkey, sometimes, when he was riding his donkey, the farmer would start thinking about something else, and forget where he was going if it had not been for his faithful donkey, the dreamy farmer would have fallen over a bank or lost himself in the forest One day, the farmer was gazing up at the clouds as he rode. The clouds were blowing across the windy sky, and the farmer was thinking how beautiful they looked. Lost in a dream, he did not notice that three robbers were following him. He did not even notice when one of the robbers got under him and took the place of the donkey. He kept on riding, and dreaming, as the other two robbers led the donkey away. When he came to the gate at the end of the fields the farmer looked down and saw he was riding not a and donkey, but a man. He blinked in surprise, was he still dreaming? He tapped the man on the head and said. Excuse me. How is it that a little while ago you were a donkey and now you are a man.