Rabbit lived on a small but beautiful farm near a huge, ugly forest. One spring morning rabbit was collecting carrots on the farm when he saw monkey swinging on trees at the edge of the forest. Rabbit went over to see monkey and announced, "I'm quite sure you should be collecting food so you don't starve to death." Monkey giggled, and giggled some more. When he stopped laughing, monkey stood tall, cleared his throat, and started his speech. "For your information, no monkeys whatsoever died from starvation-especially not here." Rabbit murmured, "Not for long" And then he left. The very next morning rabbit was up with the sun. He worked until noon. At the edge of the forest, whom do you think he saw? Monkey. Rabbit walked over and reminded monkey, "You should start gathering food." Again, monkey laughed, "As I informed you before, none of my ancestors have ever starved." "That will make you the first," Rabbit retorted and walked away. That night rabbit went to sleep in his nice, warm, and comfortable bed. When he woke up the next morning, it was snowing. As a matter of fact, it was the worst blizzard in those parts. It didn't take long before monkey was starving. In a few days, monkey died of starvation. From that day on, all the other monkeys gathered food. They didn't want to starve like their great-grandfather monkey did. 
Diligence helps you prepare for the future. 