One day, a dog and a fox quarrelling over a piece of meat.
The dog said,"Let me eat it!". The fox replied,"No,it belongs to me."
They agreed to ask their friend, Mr.Monkey, to decide the matter for them.
The monkey listened to what they had to say.
"To be fair to both of you," he said,"I'll devide the meat into two equal pieces and give you one each."
He took a pair of scales and a kitchen knife. He cut the meat into two pieces and weighed each of them on the scales.
One was heavier than the other.
He bit off a piece from the heavier portion, and weighed the two pieces again. This time, the other portion was heavier.He then bit off a piece from this portion, and weighed the two pieces. Once again, one pieces was heavier than the other. He went on like this, weighing and biting off, until all the meat was finished.
"If we'd only known this," the dog said to the fox,"We would never have asked the monkey to be the judge.
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