Tell you a story...

Have you ever heard about the story of the 5 monkeys?

It actually sounds like this. Once upon a time, 5 monkeys were kept in a cage in a zoo. Banana was provided to them but they need to climb a ladder which was provided too to them to get the banana. However, whenever they climb the ladder until a certain height, some sort of liquid would be sprayed on them to keep them away from the banana. Remember! I wrote here “them”, so it’s clear that not only the monkey who was trying to get reach of the banana will be sprayed, but the other four monkeys too. The first monkey went up the ladder and got sprayed. The second monkey tried its luck and got sprayed too. The same went to the third, fourth and fifth monkeys. Eventually, no one was dared to ascend the ladder.

Then, one of the monkeys was removed from the cage and replaced by a new monkey. The do-not-know-anything monkey went up the ladder and before it could reach the level where spray would be emitted, the four old monkeys would grab it down. When it tried the second time and the third time, the other four would do the same thing and they even walloped it. Then, again, one of the old monkeys was taken out from the cage and replaced by a new one. The second new monkey did the similar thing as the first monkey and he got the same treatment. It felt so innocent and it didn’t know why he always get beat up once he stepped on the ladder.

Soon, all the five old monkeys were replaced by five new monkeys. Whenever someone tried to get onto the ladder, the other four monkeys would pull it down and whacked it and they punched it with a much greater intensity and aggressiveness than the previous five old monkeys. They follow whatever the five old monkeys did to them but no one ever know why they had to do so.

So, what’s the moral of the story? Think yourself!