The greedy monkeys story

A family of monkeys lived in a forest in south China. They often came out to
play. They liked to drink wine and wear red shoes. A hunter knew they lived in the
forest and wanted to catch them. The monkeys were very clever, they always ran
away when they saw him coming.
One day, the monkeys were all playing together. Suddenly one of them thought
he could smell some wine.
Ai-yaah! What a lovely smell! Where is it coming from? he cried.
The monkeys soon found that it was coming from a large jar at the side of the
path. There were several pairs of red shoes also next to the jar. The leader of the
monkeys said, We must be careful. Im sure the hunter is playing a trick on us.
Another monkey asked, Why should he place such beautiful shoes by the side
of the jar?
As he spoke, he scratched his foot which began to itch. Yet a third monkey
advised them, We have not so far been caught by the hunter because we have
been careful. The old monkey who was their leader said Youre right.
We must be very careful. We dont want the hunter to catch us.
stupid old hunter he cried out loudly. Do you really think you can catch us?
All the other monkeys started to shout, Silly old hunter! Stupid old hunter! until
their throats were quite dry. They all stood in a circle around the wine jar and red
shoes. They did not know what to do. No one wanted to leave. Some of them licked
their lips. Others scratched their feet.
Can we taste just a little of the wine? one of the monkeys asked.
Without saying any more, all the monkeys rushed towards the wine jar and
opened it.
Ai-yaah! What a marvelous smell! Were really very lucky! What wonderful
wine!
At first the monkeys tasted the wine with their tongues only. Soon they started
to swallow large quantities of it.
Some of them put on the red shoes and jumped and danced in them. Others
who had drunk too much wine fell to the ground.
Suddenly there was a loud noise from the forest. It was the hunter.
Some of the monkeys tried to run away. But they could not do so because the
shoes were tied together.
It was very easy for the hunter to catch them. He tied all of them up.
were really very unlucky. One of the monkeys said.
Another monkey answered, We can only blame ourselves. We were too
greedy.
Kisah monyet rakus

Sebuah keluarga monyet hidup di sebuah hutan di Cina selatan. Mereka sering keluar untuk
bermain. Mereka suka minum anggur dan memakai sepatu merah. Seorang pemburu tahu mereka
tinggal di hutan dan ingin menangkap mereka. Monyet-monyet yang sangat pintar, mereka selalu
melarikan diri ketika mereka melihatnya datang.

Suatu hari, monyet semua bermain bersama. Tiba-tiba salah satu dari mereka berpikir ia bisa
mencium beberapa anggur.

"Ai-Yaah! Apa bau yang indah! Dimana itu berasal? "Teriaknya.

Monyet segera menemukan bahwa itu berasal dari sebuah guci besar di sisi jalan. Ada beberapa
pasang sepatu merah juga sebelah tabung. Pemimpin monyet berkata, "Kita harus berhati-hati. Saya
yakin pemburu memainkan trik pada kami. "

monyet lain bertanya, "Mengapa dia harus menempatkan sepatu yang indah seperti di sisi tabung?"

Saat ia berbicara, ia menggaruk kakinya yang mulai gatal. Namun monyet ketiga menyarankan
mereka, "Kami belum sejauh ini telah ditangkap oleh pemburu karena kita telah berhati-hati." Para
tua monyet yang adalah pemimpin mereka berkata "Kau benar."

Kita harus sangat berhati-hati. Kami tidak ingin pemburu untuk menangkap kita.

"Bodoh pemburu tua" ia berteriak keras. "Apakah Anda benar-benar berpikir Anda dapat
menangkap kami?"

Semua monyet lain mulai berteriak, "pemburu tua Konyol! Bodoh pemburu tua! "Sampai
tenggorokan mereka yang cukup kering. Mereka semua berdiri dalam lingkaran di sekitar jar anggur
dan sepatu merah. Mereka tidak tahu apa yang harus dilakukan. Tidak ada yang ingin meninggalkan.
Beberapa dari mereka menjilat bibir mereka. Lainnya menggaruk kaki mereka.

"Bisakah kita rasa hanya sedikit anggur?" Salah satu monyet bertanya.

Tanpa berkata lagi, semua monyet bergegas menuju jar anggur dan membukanya.

"Ai-Yaah! Apa bau yang luar biasa! Kami benar-benar sangat beruntung! Apa anggur yang indah! "

Pada awalnya monyet mencicipi anggur dengan lidah mereka saja. Segera mereka mulai menelan
jumlah besar itu.

Beberapa dari mereka mengenakan sepatu merah dan melompat dan menari-nari di dalamnya.
Orang lain yang terlalu banyak minum anggur jatuh ke tanah.

Tiba-tiba ada suara keras dari hutan. Itu pemburu.

Beberapa monyet mencoba melarikan diri. Tapi mereka tidak bisa melakukannya karena sepatu
diikat.
Itu sangat mudah bagi pemburu untuk menangkap mereka. Dia mengikat semua mereka.

"Kami benar-benar sangat beruntung." Salah satu monyet kata.

monyet lain menjawab, "Kami hanya bisa menyalahkan diri kita sendiri. Kami terlalu serakah. "