How To Catch a Monkey Minute

This Minute is meant for Scouts BSA.

Do you know how to catch a monkey?
In India, they take a gourd, cut a small hole in it, and put some rice inside. Then they tie the gourd down securely and wait for the monkey.

Monkeys are greedy and selfish. I guess you could say anybody who is greedy and selfish is a monkey. Anyway, monkeys are so greedy and selfish that the monkey sticks its paw into the gourd to get the rice. It grabs a handful - but then it can't get the hand out of the gourd. The fist won't go through the small hole.

And the monkey's so greedy and selfish that it won't let go of the handful of rice. It just waits there with its greedy fist wrapped around the rice until the men come and grab the monkey.

Don't be greedy and selfish or you may make a "monkey" of yourself.