The Monkey and the Turtle

One day a Monkey met a Turtle on the road, and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I am going to find something to eat, for I have had no food for three whole
days," said the Turtle.

"I too am hungry," said the Monkey; "and since we are both hungry, let us go
together and hunt food for our stomachs' sake."

They soon became good friends and chatted along the way, so that the time
passed quickly. Before they had gone far, the Monkey saw a large bunch of yellow
bananas on a tree at a distance. "Oh, what a good sight that is!" cried he. "Don't you
see the bananas hanging on that banana-tree? [Pointing with his first finger toward the
tree]. They are fine! I can taste them already."

But the Turtle was short-sighted and could not see them. By and by they came
near the tree, and then he saw them. The two friends were very glad. The mere sight
of the ripe, yellow fruit seemed to assuage their hunger.

But the Turtle could not climb the tree, so he agreed that the Monkey should go
up alone and should throw some of the fruit down to him. The Monkey was up in a
flash; and, seating himself comfortably, he began to eat the finest of the fruit, and
forgot to drop any down to the Turtle waiting below. The Turtle called for some, but the
Monkey pretended not to hear. He ate even the peelings, and refused to drop a bit to
his friend, who was patiently begging under the tree.

At last the Turtle became angry, very angry indeed: "so he thought he would
revenge" (as my informant puts it). While the Monkey was having a good time, and
filling his stomach, the Turtle gathered sharp, broken pieces of glass, and stuck them,
one by one, all around the banana-tree. Then he hid himself under a cocoanut-shell not
far away. This shell had a hole in the top to allow the air to enter. That was why the
Turtle chose it for his hiding-place.

The Monkey could not eat all the bananas, for there were enough to last a good-
sized family several days; "but he ate all what he can," and by and by came down the
tree with great difficulty, for the glass was so sharp that it cut the tough hand of the
Monkey. He had a hard time, and his hands were cut in many places. The Turtle
thought he had his revenge, and was not so angry as before.
 But the Monkey was now very angry at the trick that had been played upon him,
and began looking for the Turtle, intending to kill him. For some time he could not find
his foe, and, being very tired, he sat down on the cocoanut-shell nearby. His weariness
increased his anger at the Turtle very much.

He sat on the shell for a long time, suffering from his wounds, and wondering
where to find the Turtle,--his former friend, but now his enemy. Because of the
disturbance of the shell, the Turtle inside could not help making a noise. This the
Monkey heard; and he was surprised, for he could not determine whence the sound
came. At last he lifted his stool, and there found his foe the Turtle. "Ha! Here you are!"
he cried. "Pray now, for it is the end of your life." He picked up the Turtle by the neck
and carried him near the riverbank, where he meant to kill him. He took a mortar and
pestle, and built a big fire, intending to pound him to powder or burn him to death.
When everything was ready, he told the Turtle to choose whether he should die in the
fire or be "grounded" in the mortar. The Turtle begged for his life; but when he found it
was in vain, he prayed to be thrown into the fire or ground in the mortar,--anything
except be thrown into the water. On hearing this, the Monkey picked the Turtle up in
his bleeding fingers, and with all his might threw him into the middle of the stream.

Then the Turtle was very glad. He chuckled at his own wit, and laughed at the
foolishness of the Monkey. He came up to the surface of the water and mocked at the
Monkey, saying, "This is my home. The water is my home."

This made the Monkey so angry that he lost his self-possession entirely. He
jumped into the middle of the river after the Turtle, and was drowned.

Since that day monkeys and turtles have been bitter enemies.
 The Monkey and the Turtle

It was a bright morning when a monkey was walking near the river. The monkey
saw a figure and decided to go near it. When he saw that is his friend monkey he said,
“Who did this to you? I will avenge for you.”

After being on water the turtle went again to look for food. He saw someone
near the river. He walked closer to see what it is. “What are you looking at?” the turtle
said. “My friend has been killed,” the monkey replied. The turtle was surprised to see
that the monkey which was being mourned was his friend turned into enemy.

“I and my friend had been starving for how many days. He went out to see some
foods, but he never came back. I did not know why, until I saw his body,” the monkey
said. “There might be a reason why your friend is dead,” the turtle said.

In the river they did not know that a crocodile was waiting for them to go down
the water. The turtle decided to go back in the river because he feels guilty. But then
he saw something in the river that made him shocked. It was then the animal that
everyone had been afraid of, the crocodile.

He goes back and told the monkey about what he saw in the river. They started
to run, so as the crocodile. “Just like your friend I am also starving,” the hungry
crocodile said. “I will eat the both of you for dinner,” he said with an evil laugh.

The monkey and the turtle hide behind a big coconut tree. The turtle
remembered what he did with the other turtle. Because of his conscience he is now
thinking of telling the other monkey what he did to his friend. But before he tells about
what he did the crocodile is already behind them. The crocodile had his mouth in the
turtle but because of its hard shell it was not able to eat it. And then the monkey gets a
coconut and throws it in the crocodile’s head. It made the crocodile fell asleep and the
turtle was free. They run into the woods and when they knew that it was already safe
they took a rest.

“I have something to tell,” said the turtle. “What is it?” “I am the reason why
your friend died. We were looking for food and then we saw a banana. Instead of
giving me some bananas he ate the whole thing which made me angry. And then he
ended up diving in the river and drowned,” the turtle said with regret.

After saying that a snake appeared in front of them and attacked the monkey.
The turtle quickly react and throw itself in the hungry snake. “Run,” he said to the
monkey but instead of running he made a chant. “Snake, don’t come near me, Snake
don’t come near us.” And the snake made his way back. “Thank you for saving me.”
“You are willing to risk your life just to save me, even though you killed my friend we
cannot hide the fact that you save me. So thank you for saving me and I already
forgive you.” “May I ask something.” the turtle said. “Is that chant really effective?” “I
just tried and I did not know that the snake is a jackass.” They both laugh and then
since that day the monkeys and the turtles were good friends.