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tale 109 the real heroes of history Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79
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The real heroes of history! Once upon a time, there were two friends on the
banana island. They often sat together at the beach and watched the rousing
waves. One was rich and the other was poor. The rich always shared his
dinner, clothes and house with the poor. Therefore, one day when they were sitting at the
beach again, the poor wanted to thank the rich for his benevolence and said:
“My dear friend! If it weren’t for you, I would certainly be hungry, cold and
poorly dressed.” “Please, don’t thank me!” replied the rich. The poor was a
bit confused and thought that the rich had to be a very good monkey. After a while, the rich began to talk: “I feel
ashamed that I’m not on your place.” The poor was even more confused and didn’t
understand what the rich wanted to say. Therefore, he sat silently and waited
for his friend to continue his speech. “Do you remember the history of our island?”
asked the rich. The poor nodded. “Today, we have democracy but, of course, there
are poor and there are wealthy monkeys on the island. I’m rich because my
great grandfather served the kings and tyrants well. He wrote in his
memories, of course very proudly, that he had been his sovereign’s best
servitor.” Although the poor monkey was rather surprised to hear this, he
kept quiet and waited for his friend to continue. “and I also know from my great grandfather’s
memories that your great grandfather didn’t want to participate in that kind
of society, that he didn’t want to contribute to the kings’ and tyrants’
wealth. Of course, he wasn’t a hero taking a sword and fighting against kings
and tyrants in the street. But today, we know that those regimes broke down
because there were so many small citizens who boycotted cooperation with
those kings and tyrants, that their regime simply broke down economically and
that this led to today’s democracy.” The poor monkey had listened all that time with
eyes and mouth wide open. “of course,” continued the rich, “if one doesn’t
cooperate with the system, one stays poor and even one’s offspring doesn’t
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