“The Story of the Hundredth Monkey”
by Max Cafard
Many have been inspired by “The Story of the Hundredth Monkey”
This is how it goes.
Once there was a Monkey who had a great idea for A Better Way.
It was an idea that could change the whole Monkey World if enough Monkeys did things A Better Way.
The Monkey thought “Why do we Monkeys have to keep doing it like They tell us to?”
And the Monkey thought, “Why can’t we do it A Better Way?”
And the Monkey thought, “Maybe if I start doing it A Better Way, other Monkeys will see what I’m doing, and start doing it A Better Way.”
And the Monkey thought, “If enough Monkeys start doing it A Better Way, eventually this will change the whole Monkey World!”
“We will stop doing it the way They tell us to!”
“We will all do it A Better Way!”
So the Monkey started doing it A Better Way.
Soon, another Monkey saw what the Monkey was doing.
And that Monkey thought, “Hey, this is A Better Way!”
And that Monkey started doing it A Better Way.
Then another Monkey saw what the other Monkeys were doing.
That Monkey thought the same thing.
And soon, that Monkey started doing it A Better Way.
And then another Monkey, and another Monkey, and another.
They all started doing it A Better Way!
Until finally, a Hundred Monkeys were doing it A Better Way!
And then something very strange and unexpected happened.
They noticed that things were getting out of control.
They killed the Hundred Monkeys.
The End.
The moral of this story is that it isn’t enough to have a Hundred Monkeys.
You also have to learn how to deal with Them.