for those unfamiliar:

a man goes to a little boy and says, boy i have a donkey would you like to buy my donkey for a dollar? and the boy says to the man, sure. and he does. he gives the man a dollar and the man retrieves his donkey, this boy's new possession, that is at least one day dead. the boy wraps a rope around the dead donkey's neck and slowly drags it home.

what in god's name are you doing with a dead donkey, his parents asked, looking out the window at the fly covered carcass on the front lawn. i have plans, the boy replied.

days passed. one day the boy's mother stops her son and says, son, where is that dead donkey you brought home with a rope around its neck? i haven't seen it all morning. i held a raffle, the boy said, shoving his hands in his pockets.

the boy had held a raffle for this many day old dead donkey, charging each entrant two dollars for the chance to win his or her very own donkey. what about the winner, his mother asked, exasperated. the boy shrugged. i gave him his money back.