The Legend of the Monkey
Long
ago, in a forest, lived a young girl who served as an apprentice of the goddess
of weaving. She was cared for and well-provided for by her supernatural
benefactor.
One
day, the goddess instructed her to prepare a dress by cleaning some cotton,
beating it, spinning it, weaving it into cloth, cutting it, and finally sewing
it.
Unfortunately,
the young girl was quite lazy and found the dress-making process too tedious.
So she took the leather cloth (used to beat the cotton on), a wore it thinking
it would make a much longer-lasting dress.
Enraged,
the goddess punished the young girl by making the leather stick to her skin,
and by attaching the beating stick to her body.
So
when you see a monkey with leather skin and a long tail, remember that lazy
girl who once didn't have to struggle in the forest to keep herself alive.
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