A good lesson to ponder....
Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announce that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.
The villagers, seeing that there are many monkeys around, started to go to the forest and catching them.
The man boughts lots of them, and the supply started to diminished. So there were fewer monkeys, and the villagers stopped.
The man increased the price to $20, and the villagers renewed their efforts.
As the supply diminished further, the offer went up to $25.
And monkeys got even scarcer.
So the man said he would buy it at $50 , but first, he needed to go to the city, and his assistant would be the one to manage the business.
When the man was gone, the assistant rounded up the villagers and said, " Look at all the monkeys we have. Why don't you buy it from me at $35. I will say that the monkeys escaped. And when the man returns from the city, you can then said that you caught them again, and of course, he will pay $50.
The villagers became greedy and bought all the monkeys they could afford. They then waited for the man to return from the city.
unfortunately, the man, nor his assistant never came back....