Once upon a time, there was a farmer, his son, and a mule. The farmer planned to travel far, to the neighboring village, and sell the mule. So they started to walk slowly towards their goal.
The farmer put his son on the mule, and they began to walk slowly. Then they came to a neighborhood and people said, ”Goodness, is the boy sitting on the mule? How bad that you, as being a poor farmer, have to walk the whole way?”
So the farmer took his son down and got on the mule himself, and they began to walk slowly. Then they came to a new neighborhood and people said, ”Goodness, are you sitting on the mule? How bad that your child has to walk the whole way?”
So the farmer put both himself and his son on the mule, and they began to walk slowly. Then they came to a new neighborhood and people said, ”Goodness, are both you and your son sitting on the mule? How bad that the mule has to carry both of you the whole way?”
The farmer and his son got off the mule, and they began to walk slowly. Then they came to a new neighborhood and people said, ”Goodness, aren’t you sitting on the mule? How bad that you are not using the mule’s carrying capacity?”