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The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.   They took palm branches  and went out to meet him, shouting,  Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the  name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!   Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;      see, your King is coming,      seated on a donkey’s colt. ~John 12: 12-15

The Donkey                                                           BY   G. K. CHESTERTON When fishes flew and forests walked       And figs grew upon thorn,    Some moment when the moon was blood       Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry    And ears like errant wings,    The devil’s walking parody       On all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth,    Of ancient crooked will; Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,       I keep my secret still. Fools! For I also had my hour;    One far fierce hour and sweet:    There was a shout about my ears, ...