Once upon a time, there was a monkey who was starving. He looked in all the trees, but couldn’t find any fruit or eggs, not even any insects that were safe to eat.

Eventually, he exhausted himself in his search. Sitting in a tree on yet another empty branch, he sighed in despair, because he did not have the energy to search any further.

But then suddenly, he had an idea.

Very carefully, he stuck his finger up his own butt and worked it around for a bit, since it had been so long since he had eaten. Then, he raised it up into the air. After a minute, he impatiently checked it – nothing. So he put his finger back in his butt and then, removing it, raised it into the air again. This time, he left it aloft for five minutes.

Sure enough, when he lowered his hand this time, there were flies on it. Lunchtime for the monkey!

In this way, he was able to sustain himself until he found more fruit.

THE END

– The Private Eye