GS: Donkey-Boat Story

Writing exercise
April 4, 2010

The donkey was just three years old, practically middle aged, when this fortuitous accident happened to him. Due to a spell meant for someone else, he had been turned into a human. Unfortunately for the young man, instead of becoming a rich and famous actor, he was the one who had received the form of a donkey. For twenty glorious years the donkey was a handsome actor, and even forgot that he was originally a donkey. He had lots of money, lots of fame, and lots of girlfriends. Through a chance of fate, the Man-donkey-actor visited a small wine-making town while on vacation with one of them. The woman he just happened to be with thought it would be fun to take a donkey ride through the country. For some reason, he felt wary of even going near that donkey.
“Oh, he’s the sweetest tempered donkey I’ve had. Very patient,” said the donkey handler. Both the girlfriend and the donkey salesman pressured the actor into getting on the donkey and riding it around on a test drive.
There were no mishaps in him getting on the donkey. However, once the man and donkey turned past a large set of bushes, the man felt his lower half tingling. Suddenly, he had four legs with four hooves, and there was a naked man underneath him. Who strangely looked exactly what his former self had been.
“YEAAAH he-hawwwh!” Said the true donkey-man underneath. “I’m back!! The spell is broken!”
The original donkey was sad. And confused. But mostly sad that he had lost his form, and his chance. He was quite used to being a human.
The girlfriend and the donkey wrangler came running to see what the actor was talking about. The girlfriend and donkey wrangler were both mad and disturbed by the sight, and the girlfriend threatened to leave him because of this dirty little secret. The man tried to explain what happened but she was still mad. This didn’t matter much, because he had plenty more girlfriends.
So the returned man-actor paid both of them off, and the couple went quietly on their way, leaving the donkey with its handler, and to grieve its lost form.
Early the next morning, the donkey snuck off in a rowboat to seek his fortune. He would try and beg the being that turned him in the first place to turn him back into a human actor. And if not, he could find work on a sitcom as the comedic punch line. It was a long shot, but he was determined to try. Acting was now in his blood.

The donkey was lost out on the ocean for a few days. He figured he should get his own name, since he probably wouldn’t get to be that famous actor again. He named himself Ryan.

Ryan the donkey eventually found land, and did find a television show to be on. People all over the United States clamored to be on the show. Many of these people couldn’t sing, but thought they could anyway. He found his niche in showbiz. And he lived happily ever after (somewhat) with his reality show nemesis.
The end.