Father Michael wanted to raise money for his church, and on being told that there was a fortune in horse racing, decided to purchase one and enter it in the races. However at the local auction, the going price for horses was so high that he ended up buying a donkey instead. He figured that since he had it, he might as well go ahead and enter it in the races.
To everyone’s surprise, the donkey came in third. The next day the local paper carried this headline:
“FATHER MICHAEL’S ASS SHOWS”
The priest was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and this time it won, and the paper read:
“FATHER MICHAEL’S ASS OUT IN FRONT”
The Bishop was upset with this kind of publicity, and ordered Father Michael not to enter the donkey in another race. The paper’s headline read:
“BISHOP SCRATCHES FATHER MICHAEL’S ASS”
The Bishop was furious, so he ordered the priest to get rid of the donkey. Father Michael decided to give it to one of the nuns in a nearby convent. The next day, the paper’s headline read:
“SISTER MARY HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN”
The Bishop nearly fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $10.00, and the next day the headline read:
“SISTER MARY SELLS ASS FOR $10.00”
This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey, lead it to the plains where it could run wild and free. By now you probably can imagine what the headline in the paper read:
“SISTER MARY ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE”
