Monkey Keeper.
Monkey Keeper. Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies.
In the land of Sung there was a monkey keeper who loved monkeys. He raised a whole swarm of them and could understand their thoughts. They were so dear to him that he would take food from the mouths of his own family to satisfy them. But still the time came when he had to reduce their provisions. Fearing that they would stop obeying him, he decided to trick them into accepting short rations. "Here are chestnuts for you," he told them. "You'll get three each morning and four each evening. Is that enough?" The monkeys rose up in anger. Then the trainer said, "Very well; four each morning and three each evening. Is that enough?" Delighted, the monkeys agreed.
- Lieh Tzu
From: Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies, Moss Roberts, 1979.More like that:
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