The monkey and two foolish rats or, Dividing the bread

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The monkey and  two foolish rats
Dividing the bread
Once two rats found a piece of bread. They tried to divide it into two equal halves but failed. They fought for that. Lastly, they agreed to put up their problem to the monkey. All the animals of the forest knew him as the wiser animal. They went to the monkey and asked him to divide the bread into two equal halves. 
 
The monkey divided the piece in such a way that it was not equally divided. Then he cut a small part of a piece which was larger than the other one and ate that piece instantly. 
 
Again, the dishes of the scales were unequal and the monkey ate another small part of the larger portion. He continued this trick and the rats ordered to stop doing that. 
 
The monkey stopped his deception but claimed the rest of the bread as his charge. Then the rats realized the consequence of their foolishness.

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