The Long tailed Black Monkey

Narrator: so there was a king who was balding
Listening child: ahan
Narrator: and was loosing his locks fast
Listening child: ahan
Narrator: Stop that ! um.. where was i... yeah ..
and was terrified about the prospect of waking up one day and finding it like the gol gumbaz
Listening child: heh heh
Narrator: so he calls all the medics in the kingdom and says.. find me a cure to this balding.. if u succeed half the kingdom and my daughter's hand in marriage.. otherwise, some thing less dangeous.. like having ur head chopped off
all the medics are terrified.. but they try anyways since they have no choice
and soon month on month, the overal medic population in the kingdom plummets conspicuously
Listening child: ohmygawd chopped off?
no wonder the docs ran away
Narrator: yes..
and no
some of them ran
and others were captured in the borders and chopped off there and then
Listening child: eeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyy
that's bad
Narrator: yeeesss..
and mulla was a very clever man in the kingdom who couldnt stand the bloodbath

Narrator: so he decided to teach the king a lesson
Listening child: mulla is?
Narrator: Mulla nasseeruddin
Listening child: okay
Narrator: Sheesh poori.. u have the GK of an earthworm
Listening child: earthworm
Narrator: so he powders rock salt and taints it with eosin [ some thing red in color. use to remove hair in the olden ages]
Listening child: oh crap.. so the hair is gone
maan that mulla must be really brave
Narrator: and takes it to the king and says u have to apply the
ointment twice everyday
and the hair will grow in flowing tresses in one month
but u have to apply 2 times every day
and there is just one condition..
u should not think of the black faced long tailed monkey when u are applying
the king says.. "why woul i think of the abomination of the fellow!.. gimme that.. and u will be under probabation for a month
so Mulla relaxes in the royal palace.. doing gujaals with the court ladies.. and finally 3 days before the due date the king roars from his chambers..
Listening child: black faced long tailed monkey
Narrator: he had woken up that morning and his head was indeed looking like the gol gumbaaazz.. the king calls back Mulla and asks him to explain the meaning of "this" pointing to an exceptionally shiny perecranium
Mulla had to fight down a fiery need to laugh..

Narrator: so he mentally closed his eyes.. as if delving in the depths of dhivya dhrishti...
and opened his eyes.. and asked the king.. did u think of the monkey..
and so it had turned out that every morning, and night, the king would remind himself not to think of the black faced long tailed monkey
Listening child: mmmm and then?

Narrator: and so.. the story goes on to end in favor of Mulla.. he sorts of escapes the meager danger of the guillotine and passes on higher hazards of harmonious matrimony...er ..so to say
Listening child: oh man
how did that happen
just to let him live was a big thing
Narrator: and ambles away dreamily with half the kingdom leaving behind a round faced raja with a long face..
the learning.. which is more important
is that, the more we ordain our minds to abstain from doing some thing.. the more it interests itself in indulging in the very same thing...
Listening Child: zzzzzzzzzz
Narrator: darn! she always does that to me in the end.. when i am telling the moral!
"nighty night sweetheart!