And there are all kinds of freebies on her site, including a .pdf download titled Introduction to Paper Piecing.
If you start with that star block, and work through it, you'll be fine.
If you want really, really easy, start with the heart pattern.
http://www.caroldoak.com/free-quilt-patterns.php
There are hundreds if not thousands of free foundation patterns all over the place, so if you're looking to pp a donkey, you'll easily find it via Google.
Enjoy!
eta: Seriously, I just made up the donkey part off the top of my head.
But a quick Google search brings up this, via an Australian blog post from today:
http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilt...-pattern/32188
Adorable, right?
(Who woulda thunk there would ever be Donktober Blog Hop??!?!?)