they are wise men = they eat bananas

I have been considering this, in a Just So story regarding bananas seeds. And so I present to you: How The Banana Lost Its Seed

In the jungles of the Phillipines lived Ba the Monkey. Bogar was yellow-haired, greedy baby monkey and his family made sure that he could never get all the plantains, as he would eat them all up, and there would be no seeds left to plant and they would starve in the future. Ba did not understand and just wanted to fill his own tummy.

One night when the moon was full Gascar the leopard was prowling around the camp. He attacked Ba’s mother and ate her, and the other monkeys ran away. As Ba was so small he was not found. Ba very frightened, but all of that went away when he saw all the plantains unguarded. Without thought for his own safety he ate up all the fruit, seeds, skin and all. And the other monkeys did not come back.

The next day Ba felt sick and laid on his bed. The next day he felt fine. And the next day he was hungry. But there were no plantains or any other fruit, and none in the trees. And there were none the next day. Or the next day. Faint with hunger Ba his in the groves waiting to die.

And then, he could not believe it, the other monkeys came back. Leading them was Ba’s grandmother riding Gascar the leopard. Ba was frightened but was too weak to run. “Why are you not afraid of the leopard?” Ba asked.
His grandmother replied.
“If he ate up all of the monkeys, who would have the baby monkeys for him to eat next year. If he lets my greed overcome him, how will he survive? Instead we have struck a deal, that he will guard our grove until he needs food.”

Bogar then sobbed and told the other monkeys of his greed and what he had done with all the plantains and their seeds. He was very sorry and they were very angry. However his grandmother who was very old with wrinkled skin, knew of the ways of when the world was new.
She took Ba and kissed him, and took the last seed from him.

Ba’s grandmother walked away, and buried herself in the soil to die. And where she died a new tree grew. But these plantains were sweet, like Ba’s grandmother, and the fruit turned from green to bright yellow – just like Ba’s grandmothers hair. As a sign of respect the monkeys would not eat the skin of the fruit, as it reminded them of the wise old monkey – but when it was peeled there were no seeds as it was grown from a woman. But Ba’s grandmother had told him to take a cutting from her tree to grow new ones, and so the plant was saved.

And that is why the fruit is called BaNana, and why it has no seeds.