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Monerías

Un día llegó a un pueblo un señor muy bien vestido. Se instaló en el único hotel que había y publicó un aviso en la única página del periódico local: "Estoy dispuesto a comprar cada mono que me traigan del bosque a $10 cada uno".

Los campesinos, que conocían el bosque y lo sabían repleto de monos,
salieron corriendo a cazarlos. Y el hombre cumplió: compró los cientos de monos que le trajeron a $10 por cabeza.

Una vez que quedaron pocos monos en el bosque y resultaba difícil cazarlos, los campesinos perdieron interés y el hombre debió duplicar la oferta: pagaría $20 por cada nueva adquisición. La reacción de los campesinos fue inmediata.

Nuevamente, la cantidad de monos libres se redujo al punto de no interesar a los campesinos y el hombre decidió elevar la oferta a $25 para que éstos volvieran al bosque y cazaran los pocos monos que quedaban, hasta que ya era casi imposible encontrar uno.

Llegado este punto, el hombre ofreció $50 por cada mono, pero como tenía negocios que atender en la ciudad, dejaría a cargo de su ayudante el negocio de la compra de los animales.

Estando solo, el ayudante se dirigió a los campesinos y les dijo: "Fíjense en esta jaula llena de miles de monos que mi jefe compró para su colección. Yo les ofrezco venderles a ustedes los monos a $35 cada uno. Cuando él regrese de la ciudad, se los podrán vender a $50".

Tentados por la oferta, los campesinos juntaron todos sus ahorros y compraron los cientos de monos que había en la gran jaula, aguardando ansiosos al jefe. Pero desde ese día no volvieron a ver al ayudante y el jefe nunca regresó. Lo único que vieron fue la jaula llena de monos que compraron con sus ahorros de toda la vida...

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