Once upon a time, there was a man who raised monkeys. He liked these monkeys very much and fed them chestnuts every day. However, as the chestnuts in his family were not abundant, he wanted to reduce the number of chestnuts the monkeys ate every day, but he was afraid that the monkeys would be unhappy.
So, he came up with an idea. He gathered the monkeys together and said to them, "Starting from today, I will give you three chestnuts in the morning and four chestnuts in the evening every day. Is that okay?" When the monkeys heard this, they were all very angry. They thought there were too few chestnuts in the morning and started making a fuss one after another. Seeing that the monkeys were unhappy, the monkey - keeper quickly changed his words and said, "Well, how about I give you four chestnuts in the morning and three chestnuts in the evening?" When the monkeys heard this, they thought there were more chestnuts in the morning and all cheered happily.
In fact, whether it is "three in the morning and four in the evening" or "four in the morning and three in the evening", the total number is seven chestnuts. But the monkeys were deceived by this small change and seemed very stupid. This story tells us that we should recognize the essence of things and not be deceived by superficial numbers or phenomena. Otherwise, like these monkeys, we will be easily fooled by others.
