Fools

Two foolish men were walking from opposite directions into a forest and were deep inside when they came face to face. They liked each other's face so much and shook hands and exchanged some foolish talks. As they walked together, they slid into some valley and went flowing down. With the help of each other, they got out and thanked god for bringing them together! They further smiled and walked on and exchanged some more foolish talks.

As time passed and the fools got to know each other well, they had good time in the jungle. In the midst of the forest was a pond which got them attracted and they decided to take bath. As the 1st man got undressed and all set to get inside the water, the other man started laughing unconditionally looking at his mate's back. He passed comments, made fun and kept nagging until he got himself ready to dive in when the first fool got a chance to see his back. The first fool was no different from the second and did same things, said much worse stuffs looking at the second fool's back. They ignored that their faces were being liked and got intolerable for their backs were being criticized! The fighting got physical. They had beaten up each other so much and got tired but hadn't given up. They had to find an answer 'whose back is dirty and whose back was clean'

A monkey that was watching all these sitting from a tree top looked like a good judge and they went on to consult the monkey. The monkey said, 'I can't see your backs. You have to run fast and get me all the bananas you could find in this forest. Whoever comes up with the most bananas will win and will be awarded the best back man'

They set out in opposite directions looking for the bananas. They climbed trees, they searched for baskets, they made their bags to carry more. Months passed and none of the fools thought he had enough to be the winner and kept looking for more bananas. It was time when their bags got filled with so much bananas that they were proud of. But, none was able to carry the bag anymore because the bag was bigger than their strength and they never reached the monkey who held their reward! All they did was fill their own bags with the weakness of the other!

In trying to prove others' weaknesses, we wear out our own strength and become weak in the process. And we believe we are wise in doing that, but the title here describes what reward we get in the end...!