A Wise King Learns from a
Foolish Monkey
A huge dominion, had a king
of old,
but a small near duchy he
doesn't hold.
He says “That bit of land
I need.
Army, from bottom to top
take heed”.
His men are gathered ready
to go,
the war plan they all do
know.
Then in the field the king
sees
a monkey holding a fist of
peas.
One more pea the monkey
spies
picking up that one orb he
tries.
Instead
they all to the ground run,
now of
all the peas he has none.
The
king carefully watches with insight,
thinks
what risk he takes with this fight.
He
quickly orders home his troops all,
for a
small prizes, he doesn't hazard a fall.
Original Jataka tale on which the poem is based.
Very Wise King. A tremendous amount is given up in the pursuit of greed.
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