A story with a happy ending...sort of...

[Speed Demon]

One day a farmer's donkey fell into a well on his property. The animal cried
piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided
the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway.
It just wasn't worth the effort to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed shovels
and began to shovel dirt into the well. When the donkey realized what was
happening, it cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was
astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the
donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on the animal, he would
shake it off and take another step up. Everyone was amazed as the donkey finally
stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone.
We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up.
Shake it off and take a step up.

Okay, enough of that feel-good crap.

The donkey came back later and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash
from the bite became infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

The moral of this story is:
When you do something wrong and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.