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Different views of history
Once upon a time in banana land, there was a good
monkey king. He was not good because he built mills, bridges and houses for
the poor but because he was wise enough to know that he himself committed
many mistakes. For example, he had a high tower built for the people to look
around in the realm. At the beginning, many inhabitants went up the tower for
curiosity but soon the building remained deserted.
At least he was not as bad as other kings were.
However, as he was the strongest, nobody dared to contradict him, not even
his advisors. Therefore, he established a monkeys’ assembly.
At the first session of the gathering everybody,
males, females and children were present. But then, at the second, third and
other assembly meetings less and less members of the monkey people showed up.
The monkey king thought that they maybe needed a
bit of education, so he established schools for everybody to learn about
history, literature and rhetoric.
After some time, the system seemed to work and
the king decided to leave his realm to visit his counterpart in the
neighbouring empire. They had been friends for a long time and now, our
monkey king wanted to convince him to try the same reforms. “Sooner or later,
the people will govern themselves! There is no king nor god, who is able to
oversee everything,” he told his friend. The other king frowned, “did you
observe the monkeys at the marketplace? They are like children, not
interested in anything and just fooling around.” “You have to teach them!
Remember! You got an education as well, otherwise you would be just the same
as them,” our king replied, “come with me and see the results of my
experiment!”
So, both travelled incognito to our king’s realm
to have a look. When they arrived and went across the marketplace, they saw
big paintings of a monkey. Our king asked one of the tradesmen there, “what
is this?” “He is our new leader and calls himself dictator. When our king
disappeared, he took power.” Astonished, our king looked at his peer from the
other empire, who was grinning sarcastically, then turned to the tradesman
again revealing who he really was, “and do you like it?” The tradesman fell
to his knees, “my king!” he mumbled, "why are you blaming us? God's job
is to create the world. The king has the task of governing the world. The
father rules the family and the children obey the father. That's the order of
the world."
Furious, the king went to the palace, pushed the
guards aside and rushed into the great hall where the dictator had occupied
his throne. When this monkey saw his former king coming, he jumped out of one
of the lower windows and escaped. The king was very sad and called his former
advisors to be informed what had happened during his absence.
Then, he invited some of the most capable monkeys
and formed a kind of advisory council. Their task was it to teach the monkeys
and to control the affairs of the state. When he saw that the system worked
well, he called in an assembly for all the monkey citizens again.
There was much trouble for many years, but in the
end, everybody in the community assumed responsibility and the king resign
from office to enjoy his quiet retirement.
This was the tale of the king in the history
books. Now, read the tale told by the monkey people!
Once upon a time in banana land, there was a
monkey king. All readers remember the vast number of tales about good kings
but everybody knows that those so-called good kings had all just lived on the
back of their people. Actually, this king as well was not especially good or bad.
Sometimes he got mills, bridges and houses for the poor built. Nevertheless,
many of his buildings were for his own fun, for example, a high tower to look
around in his realm.
At least, he was not as bad as other kings could
be. However, as he was the strongest, nobody dared to contradict him, not
even his advisors.
One day, some younger monkeys had grown up and
demanded the right to decide about their own lives and the realm. The king
was forced to establish a monkeys’ assembly.
At the first session of the gathering, everybody,
males, females and children were present. But then, at the second, third and
other assembly meetings less and less members of the monkey people showed up
because they saw that nothing really changed.
Therefore, they established schools for everybody
to learn about history, literature and rhetoric because they thought that the
monkeys needed a bit of education.
The king, of course, wanted to keep his power and
tried to hinder development. So, after a time, the king was chased away. He
found refuge in the neighbouring empire, he had been friends with the king
there for a long time and now, wanted to ask for help to regain power. They
came with a bigger group of guards and when they crossed the marketplace, the
king turned to a tradesman revealing who he really was. The tradesman
frightened fell to his knees, “my king!”
Furious, the king went to the palace, pushed the
guards at the entry aside, rushed into the great hall and occupied his throne
again. Then, he called his former advisors to be informed what had happened
during his absence.
After some time, the monkeys succeeded to chase
away the king again and formed a guard regiment to defend their freedom and a
kind of advisory council. The task of this plenum was to teach the monkeys
and to control the affairs of the state. When they saw that the system
worked, they called in an assembly of all the monkey citizens.
There was much trouble for many years, but in the
end, everybody in the community assumed responsibility.
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