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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
1169 Posts |
 Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 16:49:55
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The three monkeys of Jabisa
They sat on the limbs
Of the gnarled oak tree
Three wise old chaps
Looking in different directions
Amazingly they pose in trance
One monkey held its eyes
The second its ears
The third its mouth
I the witness watch amazed
On the banks of a flowing river
Lay three mighty crocodiles
One held an open mouth
The second had its closed
The third eyes wide open as on guard
Asleep !
Not seeing,
Nor hearing
Or speaking
The monkeys of Jabisa
Sat on the limbs
Of the old oak tree
Minding their business
He that saw
Did did not hear
Nor did he talk
He that heard
Did not see
Nor did he talk
He that was dumb
Saw and heard
But did not
Talk about anything
He saw or heard
All of them minding their business
He that opened
His mouth waits
For it to be filled
He that lay as
If dead
Lures a silly prey
He that had
Eyes wide open
Warns the mindful
But the three monkeys
Of Jabisa
Sat as they did
There saw no evil
Heard no evil
Spoke no evil
While they sat as in trance
On the limbs of the old oak tree
Minding their business
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