"See that each tree has enough water," said
the Chief of the Monkeys.
"How shall we know when each tree has enough?" they asked. The Chief
of the Monkeys had no good answer, so he said: "Pull up each young
tree and look at the length of its roots. Give a great deal of water
to those with long roots, but only a little to those trees that have
short roots."
Then those stupid Monkeys pulled up all the young trees to see which
trees had long roots and which had short roots.
When the gardener came back the next day, the poor young trees were
all dead.
VII
THE CUNNING WOLF
Once upon a time the people in a certain town went out into the woods
for a holiday. They took baskets full of good things to eat. But when
noontime came they ate all the meat they had brought with them, not
leaving any for supper.
"I will get some fresh meat. We will make a fire here and roast it,"
said one of the men.
So taking a club, he went to the lake where the animals came to drink.
He lay down, club in hand, pretending to be dead.
When the animals came down to the lake they saw the man lying there
and they watched him for some time.
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