The Monkeys And Their Banana's

Long ago there was a dense jungle in India. The jungle was the home for a large group of monkeys. One day all the monkeys of the jungle decided to go on a fast day.“Before we begin, I think we should keep the food with which we’ll break the fast ready,” counselled the old monkey chief.

All the monkeys agreed to the old monkeys suggestion. The youngsters were sent in search of food. They returned with huge hands of delicious-looking bananas.“I think each of us should keep our share of bananas with us before we begin our fast, so that we don’t spend time distributing them after we break our fast. You can imagine how hungry we all will be by then!” said the chief’s wife. The monkeys liked the idea and they collected their share of the bananas. 

“Let us all peel our banana's and keep it ready to eat?”said one of the young monkey.“Yes, let’s do that,” shouted a fat monkey in agreement. Just looking at the bananas was making him hungry. “All right,” said the monkey chief. “We shall peel the bananas but under we should not eat them.” So the monkeys peeled their bananas and carefully kept them ready for eating in the evening. 

“Can I keep the banana in my mouth? I promise not to eat it till evening. Please!” a little monkey asked his father. “Why don’t we all put a banana in our mouth? That way we can chew it immediately when we break the fast,” said his father, who had agreed to go on the fast only because his wife had not given him a choice. “As long as we don’t eat it, it should be fine,” he added. So, the monkeys put the bananas in their mouths. One by one they eyed each other uncomfortably as they began their fast — and as you can imagine, within no time at all, the bananas disappeared down their gullets. And that was the end of their fast!