Morris, a city boy moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old
farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.  The
next day, the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, but I have some bad news.
The donkey died."

Morris: "Well, then, just give me my money back."

Farmer: "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Morris: "OK, then. Just unload the dead donkey."

Farmer: "What ya gonna do with him?"

Morris: "I'm going to raffle him off."

Farmer: "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Morris: "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later the farmer met up with the city boy and asked, "Whatever
happened with that dead donkey?"

Morris: "I raffled him off. I sold 500 hundred tickets at two dollars apiece
and made a profit of $998."

Farmer: "Didn't anyone complain?"

Morris: "Just the guy who won...So I gave him his two dollars back."