The hard-working mule

Spiridione drove his old car into a canal by the main road. He tried to pull it out but was not successful. So he asked a farmer close by to help him out but the clever farmer thought of another idea.  ‘Wait here till I get my mule unhooked and he may be able to help you pull out your car from the canal.’ The farmer returned within a few minutes with enough rope and his mule Gringo. He looked a pretty old animal and Spiridione wondered how he can help get his car on the road again. The farmer tied the rope to the car and onto Gringo as he started yelling at his mule....’Come on Gringo,...... come on Pablo....come on Tadei......come on Spiro......’ and lo  and behold, poor old Gringo, all by himself was able to move the car and bring it onto the main road. Spiridione was so happy to see his car ready to go, and thanked the farmer profusely, giving him a few dollars in gratitude. As he was bidding goodbye to the helpful farmer, Spiridione asked him, ‘I was wondering since you had just one mule, why did you keep calling all those names, Pablo, Tadei, Spiro, Gringo....?’ The farmer was delighted with that question and was just as happy to give him the answer. ‘You see, my mule is very old, and also blind. So when I start calling the names of my other mules, Pablo, Tadei and Spiro, whom he remembers from his younger years, Gringo thinks they are also helping out. But as you saw he is strong enough to do any tough job I ask him, all by himself. So just thank him for helping you out, and have a nice day!’ Lesson: When we work together with others, we can really perform miracles. Yes, alone we can do very little, but together we can do wonders.