As he said this, Scholar Meng placed a bottle on the table and said with a smile, "It's with this kind of bottle that hunters place peanuts inside and then leave. Monkeys love peanuts, so they come to find the bottle and reach inside to grab the peanuts.
"However, the design of the bottle's opening is ingenious; if their hand is open, they can reach in and out without obstruction. But once their hand clenches into a fist, it gets stuck in the bottle, unable to escape. At this moment, the hunter appears, and the monkey has two choices."
At this point, Scholar Meng turned to Zhao Zhitong and asked, "Young girl, can you tell me what the two choices for the monkey are?"
Zhao Zhitong blinked and thought for a while, saying, "Either the monkey gives up the peanuts in the bottle, relaxes its palm, and can pull its claw out of the bottle to escape the hunter's capture. Or, the monkey is unwilling to give up the peanuts in the bottle and is caught by the hunter, losing its freedom."
