The man increased his price to $50, but announced, “Since I must go to the city on business, I authorize my assistant to buy monkeys on my behalf.” As soon as his boss was gone, the assistant told the villagers, “My boss has collected lots of monkeys. I’ll sell them to you for $35 and then, when he returns, you can sell them to him for $50.” The villagers rounded up all the money they could and bought as many monkeys as possible.
Then they had monkeys everywhere…… but they never saw the man or his assistant again.
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