The Cats that Learned a Lesson Once there were two cats. They had been living together for many years.
However, when it came to sharing food, they were inveterate rivals. Once they
were prowling around a human settlement for food they found a big piece of
discarded cake. No sooner had they seen the cake than they ran towards it to
claim a bigger share. In the bid to secure the bigger chunk, they began fighting
with each other. The cake lay untouched while they attacked each other with
their sharp claws and paws.
A monkey sat on a tree watching all this drama. Hungry as he was, he scampered
down the tree, came up to the cake, grabbed it, and ate it up! When the cats saw
it, they stopped fighting! The monkey smiled at them and said, 'If you don't solve
your differences amicably, others will definitely take advantage of your conflicts.'
The cats learned a lesson. They decided they would never fight with each
other!