One night a group of monkeys decided to build a monkey pyramid and touch Neptune. One by one the monkeys climbed on each other, and they built a monumental, fidgeting structure. But when they were within a mile of reaching the great planet, two monkeys near the bottom began fooling around, pinching, teasing, and taunting each other. They soon lost their concentration and slipped, causing the whole pyramid to collapse, with thousands of somersaulting monkeys falling down to Earth.

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