The King And The Monkey

Once upon a time, there lived a king who is rich and prosperous. But, the king was never happy. He is always thinking of expanding his kingdom.

One day, he set out on a mission to conquer a distant country. The king and his soldiers walked miles and miles through the forests and fought its way to the distant country.

The king, his men and horses were all tired and came to a lake to rest.  When the soldiers were feeding some peas to the horses, a monkey jumped down from the tree, grabbed a handful of peas and scampered back to the tree.

As he sat down comfortably on a branch and started to eat the peas, one small pea slipped from his hand and fell on the ground.

Without thinking even once, the greedy monkey dropped all the peas he had in his hands, and ran down to look for the lost pea. Unfortunately, the monkey could not find that pea. He kept looking for the pea for some more time and then climbed back the tree empty handed. His greed had made him lose all that he had.

The king was watching the monkey with great interest. Wisdom dawned on him and he realised that his want for more may leave him with nothing one day. He said to himself, “I will not be like this foolish monkey, who lost much to gain a little. It is time to go back to the kingdom.