I heard this story about a hat seller some time back. There was this man who peddles hats for a living. He would go from one town to another selling his hats. One day, feeling tired after peddling his hats the whole morning, he stop under a tree to rest. He placed his hats beside him and decided to catch a nap.
Above him in the tress, 3 monkeys were watching him fascinated by the colourful hats. As the man dozed off, the 3 monkeys came down and each took 1 hat and climbed back up the tree. The monkeys started to play with the hats, making a ruckus with their new found toys.Eventually each wore their "stolen" hat and starting screaming at each other as if saying to one another.."My hat is better than yours".
The noise woke up the hat peddler. Looking up he saw 3 monkeys on a branch wearing his hats. He threw stones, twigs, shouted but try as he did the monkeys just looked at him. Frustrated, he threw the hat he was wearing to the ground and guess what?....the 3 monkeys threw the hats they're wearing to the ground as well.
To cut the story short...Generations passed..., a young man peddling hats just like his grandfather, sat under a tree to take a nap. The same thing happened, 3 monkeys stole his hats...awakened by the noise the young man saw 3 monkeys on a branch up the tree. He remembered what his grandfather told him about the 3 monkeys that stole his hats long time ago. He then threw his hat to the ground but guess what?.....nothing happened! The 3 monkeys were still wearing his hats. Moral
1. Monkeys have grandfathers too
2. Even monkeys can learn and apply what they learn
3. Don't sleep under a tree full of monkeys
Just monkeying around
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