Once two cats, one white and one black, quarrelled, over a
large piece of cake. The white cat said that she had seen the cake first and so
it was hers. The black cat refused to allow her claim and pretended to scratch
her.
A monkey saw the cats quarrelling. He asked them what the
matter was. He advised them not to fight. He said that he would be the guide
and settle the quarrel justly. Both the cats agreed.
The monkey broke the cake into two pieces. He said that he
would divide the cake equally for them. He got a pair of scales and put one
piece in each pan.
One-piece weighed heavier than the other. So he took a big
bite out of the larger piece and ate it up. Now the other piece began to weigh
heavier.
So he bit the other piece and tried to make it equal. In
this way the monkey went on biting first one piece and then the other, till
they became very small.
The cats were alarmed. They asked him to give them back the
pieces. They said that they were quite satisfied. But the monkey replied that
it was the reward for his labour.
Saying this, he put the two pieces in his mouth. The cats
lost the whole cake and went away sadder and wiser.
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