There was once a monkey and a squirrel who lived in the forest. They loved to climb trees, and soon they became good friends. The squirrel was very warmhearted, and offered his help to anyone in need. But the monkey had a totally different character. He only cared about himself. The monkey kept telling the squirrel, “Why do you bother yourself with other people's business? Take care not to get into trouble for helping others!” The squirrel replied, “Why would I get into trouble for helping those in need? I think we shouldn't be selfish. We should care about each other, and offer our help whenever needed!” They often quarreled about whether or not to help others.

One day, it was snowing very heavily outside. The squirrel and the monkey stayed at home and ate snacks while chatting next to the fireplace. Suddenly, a spark jumped from the fire and landed on the fur on the monkey's bottom. The squirrel wanted to help the monkey, but he suddenly remembered that the monkey had just scolded him yesterday for helping the elephant. So, the squirrel asked the monkey, “Should I help someone even though it is none of my business?” The monkey replied, “Of course not!”

Seeing that monkey's bottom had caught fire, the squirrel asked again anxiously, “Do you really think I shouldn't help someone in need, even though he is right before me?” The monkey replied irritably, “How many times do I need to tell you? No means no!” Suddenly, the monkey felt something hot. He looked at his bottom, and realized that his bottom was on fire! He shouted, “Help! I'm on fire! Get some water to put the fire out!” Squirrel quickly helped the monkey put out the fire. By the time the fire was put out, the monkey's bottom had already turned red. The monkey blamed the squirrel for being selfish, but the squirrel replied, “It was you who told me that I shouldn't care about other people's business. Why are you blaming me now?” The monkey realized he was wrong and blushed in shame.



森林裡，猴子和松鼠都很喜歡爬樹，因此成為好朋友。松鼠的個性熱情又熱心，只要別人有困難，他都會去幫忙，而猴子卻完全不一樣，他覺得只要顧好自己就好。所以，猴子常常勸松鼠：「你這麼喜歡管別人，小心惹禍上身喔！」松鼠回答：「幫助人怎麼會惹麻煩呢？你這種『各人自掃門前雪，休管他人瓦上霜』的觀念是不對的！」兩人就經常為了要不要幫助人的話題而吵架。

這一天，外頭下著大雪，松鼠和猴子就靠著火爐聊天吃東西。突然，火爐的火花噴到猴子屁股上的長毛，松鼠看見後本想過去幫忙，但想到昨天才因為幫大象的事和猴子吵架，就問猴子：「和自己沒關係的事，應該幫忙嗎？」猴子回答：「廢話！當然不用。」

松鼠眼看長毛上的火變大了，趕緊再問：「雖然事情和自己無關，可是我看到了，真的不用幫忙嗎？」猴子回答：「跟你說幾次了，不用！不用！」這時，猴子感到屁股熱熱的，轉頭一看，屁股竟然著火了，他大叫：「快點！快點！拿水幫我把火撲滅。」松鼠就趕緊幫忙滅火。

火是滅了，可是猴子的屁股也變紅了，猴子就罵松鼠自私，松鼠回答：「是你說跟自己無關的就不需要幫忙，現在居然怪我！」猴子一聽不但屁股紅，臉也紅了。