Once
two cats stole a piece of cake from a
house. They went to a garden to eat it. The old cat broke the piece of cake
into two and gave one piece to her friend.
“Your
piece is bigger than mine,” said the young cat, “give me a bit from your
share.”
“No,”
said the old cat. “your piece is bigger. So give me a part of yours.”
In
this way they fell out with each other. Just then monkey came to the spot.
“Good-day,”
said the young cat, just tell us if these cakes are of the same size”
The
monkey took one cake in each hand and said, “This one is bigger than that one.
So I must make the one equal to the other.” He then had a bite frond the bigger
piece.
“Now,
the other piece is too big,” he said, and bit off a portion of it. In this way
the monkey went on to make two pieces of cakes equal and there were only two
small pieces left.
“These
are my fees for helping you,” said the monkey. So saying, . he put the pieces
in his mouth and went away.
Moral: Never call a third person in your own affairs.
