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MONKEYS IN THE CITY

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There once was a small city in a far-away land inhabited by animals. They all lived in

harmony and each species had a job. The deer were in charge of the city and they made the rules, being the smartest and most kind of all. The cats were scientists, trying to find new technologies

to make life easier for everybody; the ants were great builders, being able to finish buildings in

no time; the bears worked in the music industry; the lions took care of delivering food and so on.

The city had also had great doctors. The monkeys have taken care of others’ medical

 problems for generations. They were the best, because they were incredibly intelligent and

skilled in that field. They were the finest in keeping everybody healthy, but they had a very

upsetting problem. They were always throwing the banana peels on the floor or on the street,

causing the other citizens to slip on them and injure themselves.

ears have passed and the monkeys kept making more and more victims because of their 

inconsiderate habit. The animals had become sick of the monkeys, and they decided that they

could not stand it anymore.

The rhinos, who worked as police men, were the ones who were the most outraged by the

monkeys’ actions and insensitivity of people’s discontent. !o they decided to act and call out a

meeting in which all could be settled. They announced the mayor, one of the deer in charge of 

the city, and the monkeys that they wanted justice.

"t the meeting, the monkeys were very disturbed by the people’s discontent and

ingratitude#

-$%e do so much for the inhabitants of this city, and all you do is complain about this

insignificant matter& ou all should be a little more careful not to slip on our banana peels and

everything will be just fine& %e don’t want to change our manners& 't’s a small price to pay if 

you want to have such great doctors& $

-$%e will not have it anymore& The problem is with you, not with the rest of us. ou

should become conscious of the fact that you are living in a community and you can’t do what

you want all the time(, the rhinos resisted.

%hile the situation was starting to tense up, the deer remained calm and started to e)plain

to the rhinos that they should understand the monkeys and let them be, but the kind words only

made the matters worse for the angry rhinos#

-$*o& 'f all of us can obey the law and live in harmony, making sure we don’t bother 

anyone, why can’t they+ They should leave or we should kick them out.(

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"s the rhinos uttered the words, the monkeys made the decision of uitting their jobs and

leaving, being really hurt that they would even consider that#

-$That’s it. %e’ll leave you here to your perfect town and never return again& ood luck 

replacing us, you’ll be sorry about this.(

pset by the way the uarrel had ended, the deer remained silent, knowing there was

nothing left to say and that the situation will not remain resolved for long. The monkeys packed

their bags and decided to travel the world and see if everybody was as strict regarding banana

 peels or if they just lived in the wrong place all their lives.

The deer then suggested that the elephants should be the new generation of doctors, due

to their ability to cram all the information they needed in a short period of time. The elephants

accepted the suggestion and left their jobs as teachers to become doctors. /ut the elephants could

not meet the set of skills needed to perform surgeries, because of their impractical limbs. They

tried and tried, but failed every time. "lso, the fact that they left their job as teachers was notgood for the newest generation of animals to come. The rhinos were now beginning to realize

what they had done. They started regretting and worrying about the lives of the citizen, putting

them at greater risk by chasing away the monkeys than just accepting who they were ; accepting

that they were different individuals and that you can’t force anybody to be someone they’re not.

'n the meantime, the monkeys had also started to realize that time away was not like they

would e)pect. "nimals everywhere were acting even more disturbed by the monkeys throwing

their banana peels on the street. They became aware that other monkeys didn’t share their habit.

They missed their job and their city and they were disappointed that nobody from home reached

to them with an apology. They wanted to go back home, but wouldn’t admit it out of stubbornness. 0ne of the monkeys, 1heeks, seeing that nothing good came from abandoning

their city, started talking to its companions persuading them to try disposing of the banana peels

in the garbage from then on. The other monkeys wouldn’t recede from their routine, but 1heeks

hadn’t given up. 2e started to clean up after his companions and as the days passed, more and

more monkeys began to follow his lead. 'n no time, every single last one of them had changed

their way.

/ack home, the deer had decided to put their foot down and end this $war( that was only

going to make things worse. They had let the citizen decide the faith of the city and that led to

nothing good. !o they asked the rhinos to apologize to the monkeys and ask them to come back and resume their job as doctors. The rhinos were more than happy to welcome back the monkeys

 back in their city and reestablish the balance in the city.

"fter their return, the monkeys surprised the inhabitants of the city with their newly

revised habits so much that everybody started to uestion their routine. 't was such an

e)traordinary change in this society’s way of viewing life that even a saying came out of it#

$peeling off the unappealing(.

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-argumentation-

The reason why ' have chosen to present this fable is because monkeys are e)tremely

similar to humans and are the animals that come the closest to human behavior, being able to suit

 best the role of doctors. 3eer were chosen for leadership because ' find them very kind and

intelligent, and rhinos played the part of fighting off the monkeys because they are very short-tempered animals and have personalities that differ from one rhino to another, thereby being

adeuate to represent the rest of the animals of the city.

0ne crucial image ' have tried to represent is the one with the altercation between the

men of law and the arrogant doctors. /oth sides learned a lot from that altercation# the rhinos

learned that not everybody is the same in this world and that sometimes you need to respect and

even appreciate the differences between individuals, because that’s what makes up an original

 person; the elephants have concluded that they were not cut for the job because they had

different skills and talents than the monkeys and they went back to what they did best. %hat the

monkeys have learned is interpretable from my point of view.

4irst of all, they learned that change comes from within; by the power of e)ample, one by

one started to change themselves and thus making life easier for themselves, being much more

happy and content with the way they lived now like for like when they were inconsiderate.

!econd of all, ' believe that another lesson could be learned, namely that sometimes you

have to go through a rough patch in order to come out wiser, stronger and more in touch with

yourself and those surrounding you.

4urthermore, another debatable phrase is the closing line $ pealing the unappealing(

which could mean that in order to be our best version we have to cut the bad habits, ideas, traits

to the core. 0r it can mean an impossible uest, the fact that we need to accept ourselves the way

we are and shouldn’t try to change it for anyone.

 

0ana *istor

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