下面是一則以英文所撰寫的現代股市寓言，我們將中文翻譯內容附註如下，看完之後，除了莞爾一笑之外，也希望各位能有些許體會，股市的本質，其實就是如此。
Once upon a time in a place overrun with monkeys, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them.
從前有一個到處都是猴子地方，一名男子出現向村民宣布，他將以每隻十元的價錢購買猴子。村民瞭解附近有很多猴子，他們走進森林開始抓猴子。
The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, they became harder to catch, so the villagers stopped their effort.
該名男子花了數千美元購買每隻十塊錢的猴子，猴子數量因此開始減少，而村民們也越來越難抓到猴子，因此他們不再熱衷抓猴子賺這十塊錢了。
The man then announced that he would now pay $20 for each one. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. But soon the supply diminished even further and they were ever harder to catch, so people started going back to their farms and forgot about monkey catching.
該名男子隨後宣布，他將出價每隻猴子20美元。這又讓村民們重新開始努力抓猴子。但很快供應量變得更少，他們幾乎很難再抓到了，因此人們開始回到自己的農場，繼續耕作，慢慢淡忘了抓猴子賺錢這件事。
The man increased his price to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so sparse that it was an effort to even see a monkey, much less catch one.
這名男子於是增加價格到每隻25美元，但是猴子的供應變得更稀少，再怎麼努力都很難見到一隻猴子，更別談抓猴子了。
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys for $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf.
該名男子現在宣布，每隻猴子他出價50美元！然而這時候他離開了，去城裡辦一些事，現在他的助手代表他繼續從事購買猴子的業務。
While the man was away the assistant told the villagers. ‘Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has bought. I will sell them to you at $35 each and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.’
這名男子離開後，助理告訴村民，看看先前該男子向你們購買，目前還在大籠子裡的這些猴子，我每隻用35美元賣給你們，等該名男子從城裡回來，你們可以將它們以每隻50美元賣給他。
The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys.
村民們匯集了所有的積蓄，向這個助理購買了全部的猴子。
They never saw the man nor his assistant again
他們從此再也沒有見到這名男子和他的助理了。
and once again there were monkeys everywhere.
村子裡又再次變成到處都是猴子的地方。
Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works.
現在你該更進一步了解，股票市場是如何運作的了。
建議你看完之後別太快下結論，想一想你在股市的失敗經驗，然後再看一遍這則寓言，你將有新一層的體會，如果你肯多花十分鐘再次仔細閱讀每個字，你會真正的發現….股市真的就是如此！