Waiting for the Banana

Bongo the monkey thought he was a genius. Not because he was smart,

but because he believed it. One day he saw a banana hanging from a tree.

Instead of climbing like any normal monkey, Bongo decided that was too simple.

Smart monkeys don't climb, he thought. So he just stood there staring at

the banana, waiting for it to fall. He waited for hours. The banana didn't

move. Bongo nodded to himself and whispered, the banana is playing hard to get.

Meanwhile, every other monkey in the jungle climbed trees, ate bananas,

and lived their lives. But not Bongo. He kept waiting, convinced his intelligence