So I have this poster depicting fables.
The story of Two Cats and the Monkey baffles me.
I've never heard it. Googling it is no help.
What is going on here?
Full Version: Two Cats and the Monkey
It looks like the cats approach the monkey. They have cheese. The monkey is manic.
The monkey weighs the cheese. One piece is clearly heavier. The cats are ecstatic.
Here the monkey appears to smell the cheese, to the delight of the cats.
Cheese is gone. Cats look mystified. So do I.
Can anyone shed light on this mystery?
Seems the monkey can get away with anything -- including cutting the cheesse -- and still be surrounded by pussy!
Damned monkey
Damned monkey
Ha!
Hee! That's as reasonable an interpretation as any.
Very strange.
I like it.
I like it.
QUOTE
Dividing the Cheese
When the monkey cheats the cats out of their cheese, they’ve gotten just what they deserve.
Two cats stole a cheese. Neither thought the other would divide it equally so they agreed to ask the monkey to do it.
“With pleasure,” said the monkey. He sent the cats to fetch a scale. Then he got out his knife. But instead of cutting the cheese in half, he made one portion larger than the other. He put both pieces on the scale. “I didn’t divide this quite right,” he said. “I’ll just even it up.”
The monkey began to eat the cheese from the heavier side. As he ate, the heavier side became lighter than the other piece. Then he changed over and began to eat from the other side.
The cats, watching their snack disappear, said, “We’ve changed our mind. Please, let us have the rest of the cheese, and we will divide it ourselves.”
“No, a fight might arise between you, and then the king of animals would be angry with me,” said the monkey.
And he continued to eat, first on one side, and then on the other, until all the cheese was gone.
In this tale the antagonist capitalizes on the protagonists greed and desire to conceal their ill-gotten cheese. The antagonist exploits their weaknesses, solicits their services, and depletes their food supply. This concise tale is a commentary about how dishonesty begets dishonesty and how there is no such thing as a balanced scale when wrong is being weighed.
When the monkey cheats the cats out of their cheese, they’ve gotten just what they deserve.
Two cats stole a cheese. Neither thought the other would divide it equally so they agreed to ask the monkey to do it.
“With pleasure,” said the monkey. He sent the cats to fetch a scale. Then he got out his knife. But instead of cutting the cheese in half, he made one portion larger than the other. He put both pieces on the scale. “I didn’t divide this quite right,” he said. “I’ll just even it up.”
The monkey began to eat the cheese from the heavier side. As he ate, the heavier side became lighter than the other piece. Then he changed over and began to eat from the other side.
The cats, watching their snack disappear, said, “We’ve changed our mind. Please, let us have the rest of the cheese, and we will divide it ourselves.”
“No, a fight might arise between you, and then the king of animals would be angry with me,” said the monkey.
And he continued to eat, first on one side, and then on the other, until all the cheese was gone.
In this tale the antagonist capitalizes on the protagonists greed and desire to conceal their ill-gotten cheese. The antagonist exploits their weaknesses, solicits their services, and depletes their food supply. This concise tale is a commentary about how dishonesty begets dishonesty and how there is no such thing as a balanced scale when wrong is being weighed.
From:
One Hundred and One African-American Read-Aloud Stories edited by Susan Kantor (1998, Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers)
Clever Pussy.
Thank you, Poosee! I should have known you'd have the pooper-scoop on the cat lore. I will still stare at my bedroom wall in stark bewilderment, but for different reasons now.
Staring is fun, eh?
Like most things Mom discouraged, yes, it is.
That's precisely what Pruitt Taylor Vince always says, Greenie!
Who's that, and how does he or she feel about three-ways?
That name is a 3 way.
he's a great character actor.
i don't know what asswhomp is referring to though.
i don't know what asswhomp is referring to though.
Neither does he.
Hence, his tag.
Hence, his tag.
Gee, CG, I wonder why you like him so much? Hmmm...
I loved him as Cyril in the BBC series "Touching Evil"
he was great in Nobody's Fool, Beautiful Girls, and Heavy.
but yeah, he's quite a handsome devil.
but yeah, he's quite a handsome devil.
Co-stars with Tim Roth in Legend of 1900, one of my all-time favorite flix.
His eyes always freak me out, though.
His eyes always freak me out, though.
Haven't seen that one yet.
It's been on my 500+ Netflix queue for a while now.
It's been on my 500+ Netflix queue for a while now.
I owned it.
Before I sold off all my DVDs for beer money.
Before I sold off all my DVDs for beer money.
I understand.
I once sold an antique Pontarlier glass so I could eat.
I once sold an antique Pontarlier glass so I could eat.
i once sold sperm so i could pay for an abortion.
Same 12 year old girl in both cases?
i plead for a fifth.
2.4% of a 12 year old girl?
That's just sick.
Unless you dope her up real good first before firing up the chainsaw, then it's relatively painless.
That's just sick.
Unless you dope her up real good first before firing up the chainsaw, then it's relatively painless.
plus you can always make more holes with the chainsaw.
What Hairboy laughed.
I was thinking a staplegun would better suit your needs.
QUOTE(TrainerAZ @ Jun 22 2005, 05:53 PM)
I was thinking...
Liar.
QUOTE(TrainerAZ @ Jun 22 2005, 05:53 PM)
I was thinking a staplegun would better suit your needs.
Uh, no.
You can't split a body into 5 equal parts with a staple gun.
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