The Smart Monkey!

Dear Kids,

Most of you would have heard the following story: Do read this and enjoy yourself.

Once upon a time there was a nice young man called Karim. He used to sell caps for a living, and roam around several villages. One day he would be in Mughalsarai, the other day people would find him in Faizabad.

It was an afternoon in summer and he was traversing the vast plains when he felt tired and wanted to have a nap. He found a nice mango tree with lots of branches and cool shade, placed his bag of caps beside him and went to sleep.

Tired as he was, he was quickly fast asleep. When he woke up after a refreshing little nap, he found that there weren't any caps in his bag! "Oh, Allah!", he said to himself, "Did the thieves have to find me of all people?" But then he noticed that the mango tree was full of cute monkeys wearing colourful caps!

He yelled at the monkeys and they screamed back. He made faces at them and found the monkeys to be experts at that. He threw a stone at them and they showered him with raw mangoes.

"Ya Allah, how do I get my caps back," he said. Frustrated, he took off his own cap and slammed it on the ground. And lo, the stupid monkeys threw their caps too! Smart Karim didn't waste a second, collected the caps and was on his way.

Since this is probably an old story, you must read the second part of the story ......

Happy reading!

Uncle N

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The Smart Monkey!

50 Years later ....

Young Abdul, grandson of famous topiwala Karim who was also working hard at making $$$ doing his family business, was going through the same jungle. After a long walk he was very tired and found a nice mango tree with lots of branches and cool shade. Abdul decided to rest a while and very soon was fast asleep. A few hours later, when Abdul woke up, he realised that all the caps from his bag were gone!

Abdul started searching for the same and to his surprise found some monkeys sitting on mango tree wearing his caps. Abdul was frustrated and didn't know what to do. And then he remembered a story his grandfather proudly used to let him.

"Yes!!!! I can fool these monkeys!!!", said Abdul. "I'll make them imitate me and very soon I'll get all my caps back!"

· Abdul waved at the monkeys -- the Monkeys waved at Abdul.

· Abdul blew his nose -- the Monkeys blew their noses

· Abdul started dancing -- the Monkeys were also dancing

· Abdul pulled his ears -- the Monkeys pulled their ears

· Abdul raised his hands -- the Monkeys raised their hands

· Abdul threw his cap on the ground ............

And, ……

........ one of the monkeys jumped down from the tree, picked the cap, walked up to Abdul; slapped him and said:

"Idiot! Do you think ONLY YOU HAVE A GRANDPA???"