Once upon a time, in a village, far into the jungle, Big Sam appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the jungle, and started catching them. Big Sam bought thousands at $10 each, and as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort.

He further announced that he would now buy at $20 each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch one! Sam announced his final offer:  he would now buy monkeys at $50 each! 
 
However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him.In the absence of Big Sam, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that Big Sam has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 each, and when Big Sam returns from the city, You can sell them to him for $50 each." The villagers rounded up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys.

Then, they never saw Big Sam nor his assistant again, Only monkeys and more monkeys, everywhere!

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