听老人言
从前有个年轻人，靠卖帽子为生，走村串户。
一天下午，天气炎热，他走在田野里，觉得累了，便决定小憩一会儿。他看到一棵芒果树，枝繁叶茂，树荫浓密。于是，他把装帽子的袋子放在身边，便睡着了。醒来后，他发现所有的帽子都不见了！
“我的天哪！”他惊呼道。突然，他听到头顶传来一阵响动。抬头一看，只见芒果树上挤满了聪明的猴子，它们蹦蹦跳跳，每只都戴着五颜六色的帽子！他冲着猴子们大喊，猴子们也尖叫着回应；他朝猴子们做鬼脸，猴子们也跟着做鬼脸；他朝猴子们扔石头，猴子们就朝他扔下一堆颗颗未成熟的芒果。
年轻人沮丧极了。他漫不经心地摘下帽子，扔到地上。瞧！那些愚蠢的猴子也跟着他，把帽子从头上扔了下来。年轻人没有浪费时间，迅速捡起帽子，继续赶路。
五十年过去了。他的孙子约翰接手了生意，挨家挨户地卖帽子。
一天，长途跋涉之后，他感到非常疲惫，偶然看到一棵芒果树，枝繁叶茂，绿荫蔽日。
约翰决定休息一会儿，于是他在树下坐了下来，很快就睡着了。醒来后，他发现自己的帽子全不见了！约翰抬头一看，发现一群猴子正坐在芒果树上，头上戴着他的帽子。
约翰想起了爷爷经常给他讲的故事。
“对了！我可以抓住那些猴子！”约翰说，“我要让它们模仿我，这样我就能把我的帽子都拿回来了！”
约翰向猴子们挥手，猴子们也挥手回应；约翰开始跳舞，猴子们也跟着在树上跳了起来；约翰拽了拽自己的耳朵，猴子们也拽了拽自己的耳朵；最后，约翰把帽子扔到了地上……
就在这时，一只猴子从树上跳下来，叼走了约翰扔掉的帽子，然后迅速爬了回去，对着怒气冲冲的约翰做鬼脸，大声喊道：“傻瓜，你以为只有你家有爷爷吗？”
There's an old story about a young man who made a living selling hats, traveling between villages.
One hot afternoon, he was walking through a field, feeling tired, and decided to take a nap. He saw a mango tree, its branches lush and shady. So he placed his bag containing the hats beside him and drifted off to sleep. When he woke up, he found all the hats were gone!
"Oh, God!" he exclaimed. Suddenly, he heard a noise above him. Looking up, he saw the mango tree teeming with clever monkeys, leaping and bounding, each wearing a hat of various colors! He shouted at the monkeys, and they shrieked back; he made faces at them, and they made faces back; he threw stones at them, and they rained unripe mangoes down on him.
The young man was utterly dejected. He casually took off his hat and threw it to the ground. Look! The foolish monkeys copied him, throwing their hats off their heads as well. The young man wasted no time, quickly gathered his hat, and continued on his way.
Fifty years passed. His grandson, John, had taken over the business, selling hats from village to village.
One day, after a long journey, he felt very tired and happened to see a mango tree, its branches lush and shady.
John decided to rest for a while, so he sat down under the tree and soon fell fast asleep. When he woke up, he found all his hats gone! John looked up and saw a group of monkeys sitting in the mango tree, wearing his hats on their heads.
John remembered the story his grandfather often told him.
“Yes! I can get those monkeys!” John said. "I'll make them imitate me so I can get all my hats back!"
John waved to the monkeys, and they waved back; John started dancing, and the monkeys danced in the tree too; John tugged at his ears, and the monkeys tugged at their ears; finally, John threw his hat on the ground…
Just then, a monkey jumped down from the tree, snatched the hat John had thrown, and quickly climbed back up, making faces at the furious John and shouting, "Fool, do you think you're the only one with a grandpa?"
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