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.