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The Monkey and the Crocodile
A long time ago, a monkey
lived in a great fig tree on the riverbank. Life
was
good for him. He grew big and
strong by eating the tree's fruit.
A
lot of crocodiles lived in the river and one of
them watched the monkey for a
long time
as he ate and slept in the tree.
“That monkey's heart must taste so
sweet
from all the fruit he
eats,
” the
crocodile
thought to herself.
“I want
to eat it.”
She turned to
her husband and said,
“See the big
monkey up there in that tree.
Bring me his heart, I want to eat
it.
”
Her husband
looked up at the monkey in the tree and then
looked at his wife. “But
the monkey
lives high in the tree and I’m here in the river.
How can I catch him?”
“I don’t care
how you do it, just bring me
his
heart,
” yelled his wife, slapping the
water angrily with her tail.
Her husband knew there was no way of
talking her out of something, once she had
made up her mind. She wouldn’t talk to
him again until he brought
her the monkey’s
heart.
“Ok, Ok, calm down, I’ll think of
something, dearest
,
” he
said.
The crocodile thought and
thought and finally came up with a plan.
“I know what I’ll
do
,
” he said to himself.
“I'll trick the monkey into riding on my
back.
”
The
crocodile swam closer to
the tree.
“Hello
,
Mr Monkey. How are
you today?”
he called out, smiling and
trying to sound friendly. He wasn’t too bright.
When he
smiled, he showed all his big
teeth.
“I'm fine, thank
you
,
” said the monkey,
trying not to look scared as he stared
down
from the tree at the
open mouth.
“Mr Monkey, why do you only
eat the fruit from that fig tree when there are so
many juicy mangoes on trees on the
island in the middle of the river?”
asked the
crocodile.
“Because I can’t get across the river,
the
water is too deep,
”
answered the monkey.
“No problem,
you can ride on my back and I'll take you over
there
.
”
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