leleram
13th February 2006, 05:15 PM
A Bihari hat-seller was passing by a forest when he decided to take a nap under a tree. He left his whole basket of hats by his side and dozed off. A few hours later, he woke up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats. The Bihari sat down and thought how he could get his hats back. While thinking, he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same. Next, he took off his own hat, and the monkeys did exactly the same. An idea struck him - he threw his hat onto the ground and the monkeys did that too. Thus, he managed to get all his hats back.
Fifty years later, his grandson, Laloo, who also was into the family business selling hats, had heard of this amazing monkey story from his grandfather. One day, just as his grandfather had done, he passed by the same forest. It was a quite hot day and the journey seemed tiring. He placed the basket of hats on the ground and decided to take a nap under that same old tree. He woke up and realized that all his hats were stolen by the monkeys on the tree. He remembered his grandfather's story, and started scratching his head. The monkeys followed suit. He took off his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys were doing the same. Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, Laloo threw his hat onto the ground but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to the hats. Then one small monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat lying on the ground, gave Laloo a slap and said.......................
and you think only you have a grandfather?
Fifty years later, his grandson, Laloo, who also was into the family business selling hats, had heard of this amazing monkey story from his grandfather. One day, just as his grandfather had done, he passed by the same forest. It was a quite hot day and the journey seemed tiring. He placed the basket of hats on the ground and decided to take a nap under that same old tree. He woke up and realized that all his hats were stolen by the monkeys on the tree. He remembered his grandfather's story, and started scratching his head. The monkeys followed suit. He took off his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys were doing the same. Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, Laloo threw his hat onto the ground but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to the hats. Then one small monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat lying on the ground, gave Laloo a slap and said.......................
and you think only you have a grandfather?