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Once upon a time, Zeus the king of gods decided to offer a prize to the mother with the most beautiful baby.

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Hermes, the messenger of the gods, flew across the world and told everyone –

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all people, all animals, all birds were invited.

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<v Paragraph>Soon a long line was snaking up the slopes of Mount Olympus towards Zeus’ palace:

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a line of proud mothers.

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There were deer, peacocks, horses, tigers, humans, wolves…

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and among them there was a mother monkey.

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In her arms she was holding a little pink, bald, flat-­‐nosed thing.

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When the monkey reached the doors of Zeus’ palace,

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all the other gods and goddesses began to laugh

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but the mother hugged her little one close.

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<v Paragraph>‘Zeus can give the prize to whoever he likes,

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but to me my baby is the most beautiful of them all.’