The cunning Monkey
One day two cats stole a piece of bread. They failed
to divide it in equal two parts, as both of them wanted the larger part. They
fought for that. At last they agreed to put up their problem to the monkey. All
the animals of the forest knew him as the wisest animal. They went to the
monkey and asked him divide the bread into two equal parts. The monkey behaved
very gently with them. He said that it would be costly for them. It was better
for them to agree themselves. But the cat said that they had failed to do
that. Then the monkey brought a pair of scales and torn out the bread into
two pieces. He put the pieces on the scales .The monkey told that one piece was
heavier than the other. He took the heavier piece and bit a small piece from
it. Then the other piece became heavier. Then the monkey bit a portion from
that piece and put it. Each time he put the unequal portions on the scale and
bit a part of it to make them equal. Thus he ate the entire bread. The two cats
were befooled by the monkey and went away.
