An elderly, wise and intelligent monkey used to conduct classes every morning for the children of his jungle. For the intelligent, elderly monkey, it was less of classes and more of satisfying the curiosities of the children. One day a young monkey suddenly asked him a very odd question. He asked, “Is it true that man is an improved version of us? ”
On hearing this question the elderly monkey looked at that kid-monkey in a bewildered manner. Then with a smile, he said, “To comprehend this you need to understand the difference between a man and a monkey. Agreed, that we monkeys keep jumping and swinging around, but that is for our own entertainment… on the other hand, without any rhyme or reason, man keeps jumping around day and night. On being even a little avoided by someone, he jumps. On hearing an unkind word from someone, he jumps. Someone progresses more than him and he jumps and even when he suffers a loss in his own business, he jumps. Stricken with anger, frustration and jealousy he keeps jumping hundreds of times a day. Not only that, he doesn’t even sleep peacefully. The slightest scary dream is enough to make him jump out of his skin. We monkeys jump around for our own enjoyment but man not only jumps on his own account but also induces others to jump around. Hence, my children understand this, man is definitely an extended version of us but not an improved one, rather a perverted one. And be wary of the fact that he who is not able to be a proper monkey may well become perverted and be born in the human form in his next life.
All monkey-kids in unison- No way! We will put our heart and soul in it but we will not let our monkeyness get perverted.
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