Monkey mind

By the time Marco reached the tree, it had dawned. A few people sat still under the tree, in meditation. The birds were raising a cacophony. Marco selected a spot which he thought was safest. He did not want to be splattered with bird droppings. As he closed his eyes, his thoughts were focused - on the birds. It sounded like a war was going on above his head. He could hear their droppings falling all around him. Marco decided to ignore them. He will not let the birds spoil his concentration.
And then, all of a sudden, the birds fell silent. Marco could not believe the miracle he had witnessed. Through sheer will power, through his meditation, he had silenced the birds!
And then he heard a different type of sound. He looked up. A group of monkeys had taken over the tree. So that was what had silenced the birds. Marco closed his eyes again, and tried to ignore the monkeys, and the variety of insects that they were shaking off the tree, on to Marco. His monkey mind refused to be still. It was focused on the monkeys and what they were up to.