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The story about the two cats trying to share a cake and a monkey trying to help them to divide it equally between them and ending up eating the whole cake is not just a story.

It has great moral hidden in it but we just laugh it off without going deep into the lesson it tires to teach us - both children and the grown ups!

It is always the middleman who reaps the harvest. He may be an agent, a lawyer, a broker, a relative or any other pest in a human form.

I saw a middle man pocketing silver and gold articles for a throwaway price. He wanted to help an old lady to cash her tit bits of gold and silver. He took them to a goldsmith to get them evaluated.

The goldsmith assumed that he would be given the chance to but them and quoted the cheapest price possible. After all he will be benefiting in both ways by paying less and getting more!

But the middle man played a double game. He made the lady believe that the goldsmith bought the things. He made the goldsmith believe that the old lady changed her mind in the last minute.

So pocketed all the silver and gold dirt cheap. See what I mean?

In the past lessons for successful living were conveyed in the form of simple true to life stories! :thumb:

<blockquote data-quote="Visalakshi Ramani" data-source="post: 331904" data-attributes="member: 16936">The story about the two cats trying to share a cake and a monkey trying to help them to divide it equally between them and ending up eating the whole cake is not just a story. It has great moral hidden in it but we just laugh it off without going deep into the lesson it tires to teach us - both children and the grown ups!It is always the middleman&nbsp; who reaps the harvest. He may be an agent, a lawyer, a broker, a relative or any other pest in a human form.I saw a middle man pocketing silver and gold articles for a throwaway price. He wanted to help an old lady to cash her tit bits of gold and silver. He took them to a goldsmith to get them evaluated. The goldsmith assumed that he would be given the chance to but them and quoted the cheapest price possible. After all he will be benefiting in both ways by paying less and getting more!But the middle man played a double game. He made the lady believe that the goldsmith bought the things. He made the goldsmith believe that the old lady changed her mind in the last minute.So pocketed all the silver and gold dirt cheap. See what I mean?In the past lessons for successful living were conveyed in the form of simple true to life stories! :thumb:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Visalakshi Ramani, post: 331904, member: 16936"] [SIZE=3][I]The story about the two cats trying to share a cake and a monkey trying to help them to divide it equally between them and ending up eating the whole cake is not just a story. It has great moral hidden in it but we just laugh it off without going deep into the lesson it tires to teach us - both children and the grown ups! It is always the middleman who reaps the harvest. He may be an agent, a lawyer, a broker, a relative or any other pest in a human form. I saw a middle man pocketing silver and gold articles for a throwaway price. He wanted to help an old lady to cash her tit bits of gold and silver. He took them to a goldsmith to get them evaluated. The goldsmith assumed that he would be given the chance to but them and quoted the cheapest price possible. After all he will be benefiting in both ways by paying less and getting more! But the middle man played a double game. He made the lady believe that the goldsmith bought the things. He made the goldsmith believe that the old lady changed her mind in the last minute. So pocketed all the silver and gold dirt cheap. See what I mean? In the past lessons for successful living were conveyed in the form of simple true to life stories! :thumb: [/I][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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