There lived two rats in a house. They were so happy. They led their lives by stealing food from the house. One day, they together stole a piece of cake. They could not divide it between themselves. They started to quarrel over their share. As they could not take decision, they went to a monkey for the right division of their bread…………..
They asked the monkey to divide the piece of bread equally. The monkey was very clever. He thought that he got a nice opportunity to have the bread. He assured them that he would divide the bread equally between them, but they must give him some. The rats agreed. The monkey began to divide the piece of bread. He put the pieces on the two sides of a balance. As the pieces were not equal, one side became lighter than the other. To make the two sides equal, the monkey ate a bit off a portion from the heavier side and weighed again. But this time the lighter side became heavier, and he again ate a portion from this heavier part. The monkey continued this trick many times. The piece of cake was becoming smaller and smaller. The rats could realize their foolishness and the monkey’s trick. They requested him to return the rest of the cake.
But the cruel monkey snatched the remaining portion as his service charge. The rats returned to their master’s house with heavy hearts, scolding themselves for their foolishness.