Please explain..A priest asked What is Fate, Master?

Question

And he answered: It is that which gives a beast of burden its reason for existence.

It is that which men in former times had to bear upon their backs.

It is that which has caused nations to build by-ways from City to City upon which carts and coaches pass, and alongside which inns have come to be built to stave off Hunger, Thirst and Weariness.

It is that which has caused great fleets of ships to ply the Seven Seas wherever the wind blows.

And that is Fate? said the priest.

Fate… I thought you said Freight, responded the Master.

That’s all right, said the priest. I wanted to know what Freight was too

Answer 1

ha.  didn't need the last line, though "that's all right...." etc.  Your punchline is "Fate... I thought..."  you deflate the joke by adding the extra line.

good job, though.

Answer 2

Man heaps together the mistakes of his life,and calls it fate (destiny)