He would shake the dirt off and step up. Shake the dirt off and step up. He kept saint these words out loud to encourage himself. Shake it off and step up. Shake it off and step up. Every blow was painful, and the situation seemed really bad. But the donkey tried to stay focused, to fight the panic and to keep shaking the dirt off and stepping up. After a while, the exhausted donkey managed to step over the wall off the well. What a relief