The Greedy Monkey

The Greedy Monkey (based on an Indian folk tale) Long ago, in India, a monkey was sitting in a tree, looking down over the jungle. A king and his servant stopped under that tree to rest their horses. The monkey sat watching the servant set out the peas for the horses. While the servant wasn't looking, the monkey rushed out of the tree and stole a handful of peas. Then, he began climbing back up the tree quickly. But one pea fell from the monkey's hand as he climbed. Without thinking, the monkey opened his hand, trying to catch the pea. Of course, as he did this, all the other peas fell out of his hand and dropped to the ground.

贪婪的猴子 (根据印度民间故事改编)很久以前，在印度，一只猴子坐在树上，俯瞰着丛林。一位国王和他的仆人在那棵树下停下来休息他们的马。猴子坐在那里看着仆人为马准备豌豆。 趁仆人不注意，猴子从树上跑了出来，偷了一把豌豆。然后，他开始迅速爬回树上。但是当猴子爬的时候，一颗豌豆从他的手上掉了下来。猴子不假思索地张开手，想要抓住那颗豌豆。当然，就在他这么做的时候，所有的豌豆都从他手里掉到了地上。

The monkey watched sadly as the horses feasted on the peas. He was hungry, but there was nothing he could do. His one chance to get the sweet peas was gone.

猴子悲伤地看着马大吃特吃豌豆。他很饿，但他也无能为力。他得到甜豌豆的唯一机会已经没有了。