FOAL

“76th story”

First Published: Jan.31.2019

A university Professor was sharing an old memory with his class.

He said: “I was at a red light deep in my thoughts when I heard a long constant horn along with a sharp shout; ‘Hey foal-donkey, when are you going to move?’

The street was quiet with no traffic. At the next red light, our cars were side by side with the windows down.

I turned my head, smiled and said: ‘First of all, did you know foal is a young donkey. Secondly, you should have called me jackass or jack-donkey. If I’m a donkey, then you must be Solomon since you can talk to animals. And finally, I was deep into my thoughts and I am really sorry about that.’

The other man smiled back and said over and over again: ‘I am so sorry, there was no need to act the way…