A fable that describes Neurotypicals and how they affect AS people...

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The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey

A Man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market. As

they were walking along by its side a countryman passed them and

said: " You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon? "

So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on their way. But

soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: " See that lazy

youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides. "

So the Man ordered his Boy to get off, and got on himself. But they

hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the

other: " Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge

along. "

Well, the Man didn't know what to do, but at last he took his Boy up

before him on the Donkey. By this time they had come to the town,

and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The Man stopped

and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: " Aren't you

ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey with you and

your hulking son? "

The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought

and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the

donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their

shoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met them

till they came to Market Bridge, when the Donkey, getting one of his

feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop his end

of the pole. In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge, and

his fore-feet being tied together he was drowned.

" That will teach you, " said an old man who had followed them:

" Please all, and you will please none. "