A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys, however, were very c and every kind of trap(计谋) failed.
A young boy watched the man's efforts(努力) and then took a pot (壶) with a narrow neck (瓶颈). He put a few peanuts(花生)around the pot and put lots of peanuts I it. He then t the pot to a tree and he told the man, "We should have am in a few hours."
Some monkeys soon found the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e and got some peanuts, but he couldn't pull his h with peanuts out of the narrow neck of the pot. The monkey was afraid and began to cry. Some of the o monkeys tried tan successfully to pull the pot off his hand.
The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag, the monkeys all ran away c , the one with its hand in the pot. The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag. The man was s and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap." Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so hard to get it out? "
The boy laughed and said, "The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot, but he just wasn't w to let go. They never are."
