tale 28 loyally,
he served his king
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And loyally, he served his king
We have all heard and read tales about heroes.
Blindly, they served the current state order or power against any enemy from
inside or outside. The line goes up from ancient, legendary heroes to
nowadays Superman. Now, I will tell you the real tale about these monkeys in
three different versions.
Once upon a time, there was a great monkey king.
He was said to be the direct descendent of the banana god. His realm was as
large as a monkey could walk in an hour in each direction. The centre of his
empire was the settlement where his palace and the temple of the banana god
had been built.
Once a very big monkey came to the settlement. He
was twice the size of all others and all the apes watched him from their
windows, as they didn’t dare to confront him on the street. The king was
afraid too and sent a servant to meet the newcomer and invite him into the
palace. Nevertheless, even the servant didn’t want to go on the street to
talk to the giant, the king had to kick him into the behind.
When the servant flew out of the window by the
kick he had received from his king, he landed directly in front of the feet
of the big monkey.
The giant was surprised, “the monkeys in this
settlement are strange,” he thought, “you can’t see them and they fly out of
the window.” The servant monkey wanted to run away, but the big monkey had
seized him by his tail and lifted him up in front of his eyes to take a
closer look at this special species. The small monkey hanging on his tail
paddled with all his four free extremities, “please, don’t eat me!” The big
monkey began to laugh so loudly that the roofs of some houses were blown
away. “The king would be very glad to have you as a guest in his palace. I
will show you the way.” “Yes, do so!” replied the newcomer and put the
servant to the ground but still holding his tail, as if he was afraid the
small monkey would fly away. Like a dog on a leash, the giant led the servant
by his tail and they entered the palace.
The king foreseeing that the giant was much
taller than him had got some extra pillows put on his high throne, so at
least he could look the guest into his eyes. Nevertheless even then, the
giant was taller than the king on his throne. Therefore the king soon invited
his guest to sit down. That way, the situation was a bit better, as the giant
now had slightly to look up at the king.
First version:
The king immediately discovered that the muscle
monster was not the most intelligent, so he soon offered him the position of
a general of all the army in the royalty to butter him and to secure that the
giant would work for him.
When the different banana dishes had been laid in
front of the big monkey, it took him only moments to make them disappear in
his big mouth. Satisfied he caressed his full belly and fell asleep where he
was.
The next day, the king proposed the giant to have
a small walk through the realm to show him the value of his position as a
general.
As they arrived at the market place, the king
ordered every inhabitant to come out of their houses. “This is your new
general,” the king said to his subjects, “and he has a good appetite.”
The inhabitants understood perfectly what the
king meant and ran out into the forest to collect all kind of fruits, honey
and other delicacies.
After a certain time, even the neighbouring
kingdoms had heard about the reinforcement of the realm and brought their
tribute without even having been asked for.
A hard time for the monkey people had begun
because this monkey was just like a bottomless pit and needed a lot of food,
which of course the inhabitants had to provide.
Second version:
The big monkey was not only a mountain of muscles
but rather intelligent as well. Immediately, he discovered that the king was
afraid of him and was not really liked by his subjects. Furthermore, he did
not have many guards around him because till the arrival of the giant, the
king had been the strongest in the realm and nobody dared to oppose him.
The king ordered his servants to prepare a big
meal for the guest. The giant made all the dishes brought before him
disappear in the glimpse of moment. Then, he caressed his belly and feigned
tiredness.
When the king went to his chambers to have a
rest, the big monkey stood up, looked around and as nobody dared to
contradict him, he sat down on the throne of the king.
The next morning, the former king was woken up by
one of his servants. But the servant didn’t treat him like a king anymore,
therefore the former king knew exactly that he had lost power and quietly
climbed out of the window and disappeared. The giant was given the crown and
put it onto his head.
Then, he went to the balcony which looked at the
market place and when the monkeys down there noticed the giant with the
king’s crown on his head, they knew that a change of power had taken place. A
guard came out of the gate onto the square and shouted: “The old king has
escaped through the window. Long live the new king!”
At first, the monkey people were surprised
because they had thought that the old king would try to butter the giant in
making him the general of the non-existing royal army or proposing the giant
to marry his daughter.
Nevertheless, they waited for what would happen
now.
“I’m your new king,” he said to his subjects,
“and I have a good appetite.”
The inhabitants understood perfectly what the new
king meant and ran out into the forest to collect all kind of fruits, honey
and other delicacies.
After a certain time, even the neighbouring
kingdoms had heard about the reinforcement of the realm and brought their
tribute without even having been asked for.
A hard time for the monkey people began because
this monkey was just like a bottomless pit and needed a lot of food, which of
course the inhabitants had to provide.
Third version:
The big monkey was not only a mountain of muscles
but rather intelligent as well. Immediately, he discovered that the king was
afraid of him and was not really liked by his subjects. But he had many
guards around him to show everybody that he was the strongest in the realm,
that way nobody dared to oppose him.
The king had a very snooty character, expected
everybody to bow low when meeting him and was upset if somebody wasn’t enough
obedient and submissive.
The giant on the other hand was rather proud and
not used to bowing in front of others. When arriving in the settlement, he
saw that it was wealthy realm and would have liked to make these monkey
people work for him, “They will make good servants,” he thought.
Now, they stood in front of each other, his
majesty not daring to arrest the newcomer and the giant not daring to
overthrow the regent.
His royal highness ordered the servants to
prepare a big meal for the guest. The giant made all the dishes brought
before him disappear in the glimpse of moment. Then, he caressed his belly
and feigned tiredness.
The king knew that the newcomer was a great
threat to his reign, so when he went to have a rest, he ordered his guards to
keep watch in front of his bedrooms. The big monkey looked around in the hall
of the throne and knew that he was not strong enough to vanquish the guards,
so he left the palace and installed his camp a bit away from the settlement.
The next morning, the king ordered the monkey
people to go on with their daily work and bring him their tribute, but when
they were outside the settlement they were confronted by the giant who
ordered them to work for him as well.
A hard time for the monkey people began because
now they had two parasites sitting on their shoulders.
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