A long time ago, there was an old man in a village. He kept ten monkeys as pets because he loved them. Every morning the monkeys would climb up and down the trees or jump from one branch（树枝）to another in his backyard. After that, he would feed them bananas.
One morning the man said to the monkeys, "We have very few bananas left today. For breakfast I shall give each of you two bananas and four for dinner." When the monkeys heard this, they looked very unhappy. They refused（拒绝）to take the bananas that the man was handing out to them.
"Very well, then. You shall have four bananas in the morning and two for dinner," the man said. The monkeys looked at each other. Then they jumped up and down happily, nodding（点头）their heads. They took the big and yellow bananas from the man and started eating.
