tale 54 an egoist for everybody and everybody for an egoist
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An egoist for everybody and everybody for an
egoist
Once upon a time, there was a wonderful valley
with a rich fruit tree, a big piece of grassland and a lake with the clearest
water. There was only one big trouble; the fruit tree was dominated by a
gorilla, the grassland by a lion and the lake by a crocodile.
When the birds wanted some fruit, they chose one
amongst themselves, which sacrificed itself and got beaten while the others
collected as much fruit as possible.
When the gazelles wanted to graze, they chose one
amongst themselves, which got chased and very often devoured by the lion,
while the others ran down the hill to graze as much as possible.
When the frogs and fish wanted to get some
seaweed, they chose one amongst themselves, which got chased and very often
devoured by the crocodile, while the others rapidly stuffed their stomachs.
One day, a small monkey arrived. He looked down
from a hill, saw the wonderful valley with the rich fruit tree, the big piece
of grassland and the lake with the clearest water. He thought to have found
paradise on earth.
When he climbed up the tree to pick a sweet
fruit, he suddenly noticed the big gorilla. He could hardly jump down from
the tree to save himself while the birds took their chance to collect fruit.
Then he noticed the lion and could hardly save himself
into the lake where the crocodile was already waiting for him while the
gazelles took their chance to graze and the fish and frogs to get some
seaweed.
When he finally reached the hill on the other
side of the valley, he was completely out of breath while the birds,
gazelles, fish and frogs laughed loudly.
“You are a good climber, runner and swimmer! You
could do that for us every day!”
For a day or two, the monkey sat on his hill and
looked down at the valley waiting for another animal to do the same as him
and for him to get fruit and water but none showed up. The monkey decided to
go around on the hills to the birds.
“Hey you, birds! How many of you are here!” he
called them. First only one or two made their voices heard. “Only two birds?
To me it was as if I had seen thousands of you collecting fruit when the
gorilla chased me.” Some more could be heard. “I’m just a small monkey.
Should you be such cowards as to be afraid of me? Or do you even shit in your
pants when you notice a fly?” That was enough for the birds; all came out at
once and prepared to attack him. He ran down the hill as fast as he could to
the tree. When the gorilla saw all those birds coming towards him, he just
jumped down from the tree and saved himself. The monkey hid behind some
branches and when the birds noticed that there was no gorilla, they sat down
tranquilly and collected fruits. “You see!” he told the birds, “now you are
not even afraid of the gorilla anymore.” A bit surprised, they looked at him
but didn’t hurt him while he was feasting on the fruit amongst them. He was
very satisfied with himself.
The next day, he went around on the hills to the
gazelles. “Hey you, gazelles! How many of you are here!” he called them.
First only one or two showed up. “Only two gazelles? To me it was as if I had
seen thousands of you grazing when the lion chased me.” Some more could be
seen. “I’m just a small monkey. Should you be such cowards as to be afraid of
me? Or do you even shit in your pants when you notice a fly?” That was enough
for the gazelles; all came out at once and prepared to attack him. He ran
down the hill as fast as he could. When the lion saw all those gazelles
united coming towards him, he just fled and saved himself. The monkey hid
somewhere in the grass and when the gazelles noticed that there was no lion,
they began to graze calmly. “You see!” he told the gazelles, “now you are not
even afraid of the lion anymore.” A bit surprised, they looked at him but
didn’t hurt him.
When they had stuffed their bellies, he called
upon them, “now, let’s go to the lake!” Probably, the gazelles had understood
his tactics and followed him. However, they noticed the crocodile and wanted
to run away again. “Hey you, fish and frogs! How many of you are here!” he
called them. First only one or two showed up. “Only two of you? To me it was
as if I had seen thousands of you collecting seaweed when the crocodile
chased me.” Some more could be seen. “I’m just a small monkey. Should you be
such cowards as to be afraid of me? Or do you even shit in your pants when
you notice a fly?” That was enough for the fish and frogs; all came out at
once and prepared to attack him. But, when the crocodile saw all those fish
and frogs united coming towards him, he just fled and saved himself. The
monkey stood at the shore and when the fish and frogs noticed that there was
no crocodile, they began to collect seaweed calmly. “You see!” he told the
fish and frogs, “now you are not even afraid of the crocodile anymore.” A bit
surprised, they looked at him but didn’t hurt him. Even the gazelles and
birds all came to drink at the lake.
There was a moment when all the small animals
looked at the monkey who was just having a refreshing bath. “Why do you do
this for us?” they asked him, “why do you help us?” “I’m just an egoist and
only followed my own interest. Now, you can eat and me, I can eat. Now, you
can drink and me, I can drink. If I fought against you small birds or
gazelles or fish and frogs, I would have to fight for fruit and water not
only against you but as well against the gorilla, the lion and the crocodile,
and as I’m a small animal as well, I’m to enter into a defence pact with other
small animals.”
Dear Africans, Asians, Arabs, Jews, Gypsies, poor
people, minorities, women, homosexuals and all other kind of social and
ethnical fringe groups! Don’t fight against each other! Because you all sit
in the same shit, you are all supressed, so it would be much better for you
all to stick together.
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Mittwoch, 1. Juli 2020
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