The Monkey and the Nuts
The
Monkey and the Nuts
A Certain City desiring
to purchase a site for a public Deformatory procured an appropriation from the
Government of the country. Deeming this insufficient for purchase of the
site and payment of reasonable commissions to themselves, the men in charge of
the matter asked for a larger sum, which was readily given. Believing
that the fountain could not be dipped dry, they applied for still more and more
yet. Wearied at last by their importunities, the Government said it would
be damned if it gave anything. So it gave nothing and was damned all the
harder.
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