The story of the man under the banana tree
Anywhere on an island far away, in the caribbean sea, lies a man under a banana tree. Another man, a business man from the USA, comes to him and sees him lying there. He stands still, and watches the sleeping man.
Finally he asks him:
“What are you doing here?” The other man looks up sleepy and mumbles:
“Oh, I’m just lying here, under my banana tree.”
“You just lie here?”, does the american ask. “You do nothing else?”
“Well”, is the reply”, sometimes there falls down a banana and I can eat it.” The american looks up the tree and says:
“Oh, but I don’t understand- why don’t you get more bananas down and sell them here?” The other man looks confused:
“Why should I sell them?”
“Well”, the american says. “Isn’t that obvious, man? If you sell enough banans, you can buy a wheelbarrow.” The man, still sleepy asks curiously:
“And what shall I do with such a wheelbarrow?”
“Oh, haven’t you got any idea of business? It’s so obvious: You can go to the market, and sell even more bananas!” The man under the banana tree doesn’t understand really still:
“But- what shall I do with that then?” The american is already excited:
“With the money of that, you can buy maybe a car- and even more banana trees! Like that you can earn more money again!” The man listens interested. But he still doesn’t understand everything:
“
But tell me, what am I going to to then?”
“Well, you will earn more and more money, and you can buy more trees and you can affordmore people, and they will all work for you, and you will earn more and more money?”
“And?”
“And?!? Just imagine what you will be able to do then, you can watch others to earn your money!”
“So what?”
“Well, well.. just think.. you could just relax and watch them…
Finally he asks him:“What are you doing here?” The other man looks up sleepy and mumbles:
“Oh, I’m just lying here, under my banana tree.”
“You just lie here?”, does the american ask. “You do nothing else?”
“Well”, is the reply”, sometimes there falls down a banana and I can eat it.” The american looks up the tree and says:
“Oh, but I don’t understand- why don’t you get more bananas down and sell them here?” The other man looks confused:
“Why should I sell them?”
“Well”, the american says. “Isn’t that obvious, man? If you sell enough banans, you can buy a wheelbarrow.” The man, still sleepy asks curiously:
“And what shall I do with such a wheelbarrow?”
“Oh, haven’t you got any idea of business? It’s so obvious: You can go to the market, and sell even more bananas!” The man under the banana tree doesn’t understand really still:
“But- what shall I do with that then?” The american is already excited:
“With the money of that, you can buy maybe a car- and even more banana trees! Like that you can earn more money again!” The man listens interested. But he still doesn’t understand everything:
“
But tell me, what am I going to to then?”“Well, you will earn more and more money, and you can buy more trees and you can affordmore people, and they will all work for you, and you will earn more and more money?”
“And?”
“And?!? Just imagine what you will be able to do then, you can watch others to earn your money!”
“So what?”
“Well, well.. just think.. you could just relax and watch them…
… you could lie under a banana tree and wait, till a banana falls down.”
Posted by
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17:54:50
Very nice story
For American people is a bit difficult to realize that you can relax and enjoy without creating huge business
mmm,, i want banana
nice pics
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