A priest, who wanted to raise money for his church, was told there was a
fortune in horse racing, and so he decided to buy a horse and enter it  in some races.
However, at the local auction, the going price for horses was
so steep that he decided to buy a donkey instead.  Although he had some
doubts, the priest figured that he might as well enter the animal in a  race
just to see how it would do.  To his surprise, the donkey came in second.

The next day the headlines read:  PRIEST'S ASS SHOWS.

The priest was so pleased with the donkey's performance that he entered
the animal in another race, and this time it won.

The headline read: PRIEST'S ASS OUT IN FRONT.

The bishop was very upset with this kind of publicity and ordered the
 priest not to enter the donkey in another race.
 
 The new headline read:  BISHOP SCRATCHES PRIEST'S ASS.

 This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the priest to get rid of  the animal.
 The priest gave the donkey to a nun in a nearby convent.
 
 The next day the headline read:  NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.
 
 The bishop fainted.  He told the nun she would have to dispose of the donkey.
 After several days the nun finally sold the beast to a local farmer for $10.

 The headline read:  NUN PEDDLES ASS FOR TEN BUCKS.
 
 They buried the bishop the next day.
 
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