Grandfathers...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:59:02 +0000


Hiya Folks...

A story about monkeys and grandfathers this time...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------

Once upon a time there was a nice young man called Karim. He used to
sell caps for a living, and roam around several villages. One day he
would be in Mughalsarai, the other day people would find him in
Faizabad.

It was an afternoon in summer and he was traversing the vast plains when
he felt tired and wanted to have a nap. He found a nice mango tree with
lots of branches and cool shade, placed his bag of caps beside him and
went to sleep.

Tired as he was, he was quickly fast asleep. When he woke up after a
refreshing little nap, he found that there weren't any caps in his bag!

"Oh" he said to himself, "Did the thieves have to find me of all
people?" But then he noticed that the mango tree was full of cute
monkeys wearing colourful caps!

He yelled at the monkeys and they screamed back. He made faces at them
and found the monkeys to be experts at that. He threw a stone at them
and they showered him with raw mangoes.

"Damn, how do I get my caps back," he said. Frustrated, he took off his
own cap and slammed it on the ground. And lo, the stupid monkeys threw
their caps too! Smart Karim didn't waste a second, collected the caps
and was on his way.


50 Years later ....

Young Abdul, grandson of famous topiwala Karim who was also working hard
at making $$$ doing his family business, was going through the same
jungle. 

After a long walk he was very tired and found a nice mango tree with
lots of branches and cool shade.  Abdul decided to rest a while and very
soon was fast asleep. 

A few hours later, when Abdul woke up, he realised that all the caps
from his bag were gone! Abdul started searching for the same and to his
surprise found some monkeys sitting on mango tree wearing his caps.
Abdul was frustrated and didn't know what to do. And then he remembered
a story his grandfathers proudly used to let him.

"Yes!!!! I can fool these monkeys!!!", said Abdul. "I'll make them
imitate me and very soon I'll get all my caps back!"

Abdul waved at the monkeys        -- the Monkeys waved at Abdul
Abdul blew his nose               -- the Monkeys blew their noses
Abdul started dancing             -- the Monkeys were also dancing
Abdul pulled his ears             -- the Monkeys pulled their ears
Abdul raised his hands            -- the Monkeys raised their hands
Abdul threw his cap on the ground ............

          ........ one of the monkeys jumped down from the tree, walked
up to Abdul; slapped him, grabbed his cap off the ground and said
"Asshole!!! Do you think ONLY YOU HAD A GRANDFATHER?????"