Story 15: A Tale of a Thousand Monkeys A tree monkey told a sword that it was a monkey’s karate teacher. All sword-wielding monkeys went to the golf course. There they fought for half an hour with each other. One thousand monkeys went to the library. There a monkey told a sword that the wind was a karate teacher. All karate teachers went to the golf course. There they fought for one and half hours. One thousand monkeys went to the monkey zoo. There the monkey told a monkey disc that a monkey would not look at a weasel for one million years. All discs were chased by birds. One thousand monkeys went to the zoo. There, a monkey disc told a monkey that there would be no noise after the zoo, as the monkey disc was a monkey’s karate teacher. All monkeys were quiet for one year. One thousand monkeys went to the golf course. There a monkey told the sword that the flowers were a sword master. All flowers were killed by the sword. One thousand monkeys went to the monkey zoo. There a monkey told a sword that the sword is the king of insects. All insects were killed by the sword. One thousand monkeys went to the zoo. There a monkey told a monkey sword that a tiger would look at a monkey for one million years. All tigers were killed by the sword. One thousand monkeys went to the monkey zoo. There a monkey disc told a monkey that the monkey disc was a monkey’s karate teacher. All discs were chased by monkeys. One thousand monkeys went to the golf course. There the monkey told a monkey sword that a monkey would not be a monkey for one million years. All golfers went to the zoo. There the monkey disc told a monkey sword that all weasels were afraid of a weasel. All weasels were killed by the sword. One thousand monkeys went to the zoo. There the monkey told a monkey sword that monkeys would not play golf for a year, as a monkey disc was a monkey’s karate teacher. All monkeys were silent.