Long ago in ancient India there lived a king name Vikrama. The King was quite fond of traveling. King Vikrama never visited his own country; instead he went to other countries. One day, he ordered his army to move out for a holiday to some distant country. The King and his soldiers walked for the whole morning in the forest. After this, they went into the camp to take some rest.
The King and his soldiers were tired so they ate food. The king then ordered his servants to feed the horses and so the horses were fed with peas. A foolish Monkey, was watching the king and his soldiers from a distance. When he saw peas offered to the horses, he jumped down from the tree at once to get some of them. He quickly gobbled some peas, also filled his mouth and hands with them. Then, he went up the tree and sat down to eat the peas.
The foolish monkey climbed the tree and sat there on a branch to eat peas; one pea fell from his hand to the ground. The greedy monkey dropped all the peas he had in his hands and ran down to look for the lost pea at once. Unluckily, he could not find that one pea. He climbed up the tree again and sat at rest. He was looking very sad. He said to himself, “To get one pea, I threw away what I had”.
The King who was observing the monkey from his camp said to himself, “I would not be like this foolish monkey, who lost much to gain a little. I will go back to my own country and enjoy what I have”. Thus, the King and his army marched back to their own country.
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