The moral is that if you try to please everyone, you'll end up pleasing no one. In the story, the boy keeps changing what he's doing with the donkey based on others' opinions, and it just gets him into more trouble.
Once upon a time, there was a man and a boy who owned a donkey. They were going to the market. The man thought they should ride the donkey to save time. But as they rode on the donkey, some people on the road said it was cruel to put so much weight on the poor donkey. So the man got off and let the boy ride alone. Then others said the boy was being disrespectful to let the old man walk. In the end, they decided to carry the donkey instead. But when they were crossing a bridge, the donkey got scared and they all fell into the river.
Well, it could be about a magical transformation where a boy, perhaps due to a curse or some strange magic, turns into a donkey. Maybe he made a deal with a wrong character or entered a forbidden place.
The moral of the man the boy and the donkey story is that we should trust our own instincts and not be swayed by every passing comment. The man and the boy were so busy trying to conform to what others thought was right regarding how they traveled with the donkey. They went from one extreme to another, from both walking to both riding and so on. It shows that in life, if we constantly change our actions to fit others' expectations, we'll end up in a mess and lose our own sense of what is truly appropriate.
Well, it could be various things. Maybe it's a magical story where a boy is cursed and turns into a donkey. It might be about the adventures he has in his donkey form, like meeting strange creatures or going on a journey to break the curse.
The moral is that you can't please everyone. No matter what the old man, the boy and the donkey did, whether walking together, the boy riding, the old man riding or both riding, there were always people who criticized them.
Well, the moral is about the futility of trying to satisfy everyone. See, when the old man and the boy were on their journey with the donkey, they received all kinds of criticism from onlookers. For example, when they both walked beside the donkey, people thought they were stupid for not riding it. But when they rode it in different ways, they were still judged. So, it shows that we can't base our actions solely on others' opinions.