The Cap Seller And The Monkeys
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| The Cap Seller And The Monkeys |
There lived a cap-seller in a village. He used to go to a city to sell his caps. On the way there was a forest. Once he went to sell his caps. He had a bundle of caps hanging from his shoulder.
It was very hot day in summer. He felt tired. He thought of taking rest. He placed the bundle of caps under a tree and fell asleep.
There lived some monkeys on the tree. They saw a man sleeping below with a big bag. They climbed down the tree. They united the bundle. Each of them put a cap on its head and climbed up the tree.
After some time the cap - seller got up. He found the bundle missing. He looked up. He thought of a plan. He took off his own cap and threw it down on the ground. All the monkeys imitated. They too threw away the caps on the ground. The cap-seller collected them and went away.
Moral : Don't copy other blindly.