A preacher wanted to raise money for his
church and on being told that there was a
fortune in horse racing, he 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 his surprise, the donkey came in third!
The next day the local paper carried this
headline:

PREACHER'S ASS SHOWS
The preacher was so pleased with the donkey that
he entered it in the race again, and this time it
won. The paper read:

PREACHER'S ASS OUT IN FRONT

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of
publicity that he ordered the preacher not to
enter the donkey in another race. The paper
headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER'S ASS

This was too much for the Bishop, so he
ordered the preacher to get rid of
the donkey. The preacher decided to give it
to a nun in a nearby convent. The paper
headline the next day read:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN

The Bishop 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. Next day
the headline read:

NUN 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. Next day, the
headline in the paper read

NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE

The Bishop was buried the next day!