A Japanese Folk Story
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Long ago in Japan there lived a traveling monkey man. What does a monkey man do? He earns his living by travelling with a monkey and showing off the animal's tricks.

One evening, the man came home feeling angry and upset. He told his wife, "Tomorrow morning, I want you to send for the meat trader."

The wife was confused and asked her husband, "Why do you wish me to send for the meat trader?"

"It's no use taking that monkey around any longer. He...