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Write a story in 150-200 words based on the following outline:

two cats - hungry - a loaf of bread - can’t divide – each greedy - wants more - a clever monkey - offered to help – bit by bit - ate the bread - his fee - bread finished - cats foolish - still hungry.

Once upon a time, two cats hungry found a huge loaf of bread. They both immediately started fighting for it. Both wanted the whole bread to themselves, and not share it equally.

Tired of fighting, they decided to divide it amongst themselves. However, this proved to be difficult as each wanted a bigger portion. They both accused the other of being dishonest, and the argument continued.


A clever monkey was looking at them from a nearby tree. He jumped down and told them that he was an unbiased ‘divider’ and had solved many such problems in the past. The cats agreed to let him divide the bread.


The monkey looked at the two pieces and said, “This piece is too big, I shall take a bite out of it, and it will be equal.” Thus, he continued taking bites out of each piece, claiming that he was making the bread equal. Before the cats could understand what was happening, the monkey had finished the bread. The cats demanded the bread back, to which the monkey laughed and said that it was his fee for the services provided.


The foolish cats had to remain hungry.


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