Donkey

He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.

~ George Orwell

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The donkey made its way slowly out of the fog. It had been quite an adventure. He knew he would likely never see the old tinkerer again unless his experiment of changing himself into a robot was a success. 

(pause)

The donkey knew he would never see the old tinkerer again.