There was a huge baboon with a large group of baboons that followed him. This baboon was a tyrant! But there were several huge baboons in the troop. The followers of the tyrant sometimes got confused about who to obey. One day, the other baboons said to the tyrant, "We need to be sure that you are the one giving us orders. "All right," said the tyrant. "I'll wear a piece of cloth around my head. You must make sure that you follow my instructions exactly." They all agreed. A big baboon tied a head band round the tyrant's head. He said, "From today, whatever I tell you to do you must do. I don't want any disobedience." When the tyrant jumped the others jumped, when he sat down the others sat down. When he screamed, the others would scream. As time went by the head band became tighter and tighter. One day the tyrant sat down and said, "This head band is hurting me." And he put his head in his hands.

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