The Magic Tree
Daddy, tell me a story!
The Little Lady asked sleepily as I tucked her up at bedtime.
Of course lass! Have I ever told you about the magic tree and the monkeys that lived on it?
I settled myself in for the telling.
No Daddy, that sounds like a fun story!
She murmured.
Oh it is. It goes a little something like this.
Once upon a time, there was a magic tree, the sap of which was really really valuable.
The tree was gigantic and hordes of monkeys roamed the branches milking it where they could to get the sap which they could sell at the market.
The very top branches of the tree had the richest and most plentiful sap and was the home of the top monkeys. They liked being at the top of the tree very much and got lots of sap to sell.
One day a man came along. He stood at the bottom of the tree and told the monkeys he had bought the tree from the hopeless old farmer that used to own it.
He told the monkeys that he had plans to help the tree grow bigger which would allow more and more monkeys on to the tree to milk the sap. He even claimed the sap would become more valuable.
The top monkeys did not like this. They were scared that the new owner would upset the order of things. They talked to themselves and other important monkeys and came up with a plan.
The next day the owner came to the tree to speak to the monkeys but there was a fence all around the tree and he could not get near it.
Some of the monkeys at the top of the tree shouted at the new owner and threw their faeces at him.
The new owner went away and came back with a big giant gun he had borrowed from a neighbor. He then shot all of the top monkeys.
But Daddy, what about the tree? And all the other monkeys... What happened to them?
Asked the Little Lady.
The other monkeys? The tree? Oh...
I looked past her into an apocalyptic future she must never see and whispered softly to her as her eyes finally closed.
That's another story...
Disclaimer: Any resemblance to actual Blockchains, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
How do you get her to fall asleep on cliffhangers that always used to make mine more awake XD
Lol, the laws of sleep with my children seem to be entirely illogical!
I fucking love you
Hehe, :0)
The other Monkeys got to compete in a game of cyber motorcycle smash'em'up. Just like this...
The winners got to climb to the higher branches.
That's it! That's the game!
I baggy the blue one :OD
I hope the monkeys at the bottom get some sap because that is where I am... far from the top hahaaha
The top monkeys will never allow it!!!
Yes sad but true - it works like that everywhere .... our government also operates in the same way
On the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens to all of
usthose other monkeys :DI think we all are!!
Not sure if this comment will get through as none of my votes are!
It did go through! Where's the best place to get the latest in news, discord??
It did!! I tried several times till it finally went!
Discord does have a lot of it, it can be a bit hatey mad but the info is kicking about!
what has been happening while I was away?
I need an honest answer, hence the question
Tron and it's owner bought out Steemit and it's massive stake. The witnesses froze the Steemit steempower to prevent him taking over the Blockchain and the new owner, Justin Sun used stem in exchanges to power up and kick the top twenty our and install his own.
Crazy times!
wow, what happens when you blink your eyes.
good to see you have managed to hang on in there.
[were you number 21?]
it looks like the same old "vote for mee" "use my bot" is still happening, did it change anything at all?
It's not changed anything yet. If it works out it might be all the better for the future though!
Such a horrible thing to Witness. Sequel, to follow... Mr. Boom???
Such a horrible
Thing to Witness. Sequel, to
Follow... Mr. Boom???
- angryman
I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
I hope there can be a sequel!!
Well...there 'can' be a sequel, even though you might have to publish it somewhere other than Steemit!?!?!? Hopefully we will all be able to continue on here doing what we like to do.
Excellent