While a preacher was trying to raise money for his parish, he found out there wasa great deal of money to be made in the horse racing business. To his dismay, he discovered at the horse auction that the prices of horses were too steep and all he could afford was a donkey, which he bought.

Determined to make money for his parish, he entered his donkey in a race and to everyone's surprise finished third. The next day, the newspaper headline read:

PREACHER'S ASS SHOWS

The following week the preacher again entered the race and this time won! The newspaper headline read:

PREACHER'S ASS OUT IN FRONT

Annoyed by this kind of publicity, the preacher's Bishop suggested that the preacher not continue this activity. The headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER'S ASS

After reading the paper the Bishop demanded that the preacher get rid of the donkey. The preacher gave the donkey to a Nun in the local convent. The headlines read:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN

When he recovered from the shock, the Bishop ordered the nun to sell the donkey. When it was discovered that the Nun sold the donkey to a farmer for $10.00 the headline read: