Morris, a city boy moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for £100. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
The next day, the farmer drove up and said,
“Sorry, but I have some bad news. The donkey died.â€
“Well then just give me my money back.â€
“Can`t do that. I went and spent it already.â€
“OK, then. Just unload the donkey.â€
“What ya gonna do with him?â€
“I`m going to raffle him off.â€
“You can`t raffle off a dead donkey!â€
“Sure I can. Watch me. I just won`t tell anybody he`s dead.â€
A month later the farmer met up with the city boy and asked,
“Whatever happened with that dead donkey?â€
“I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds apiece and made a profit of £998. â€
“Didn`t anyone complain?â€
“Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two pounds back.â€