THE TURTLE AND THE

MONKEY

Adapted by: Story by:  

Kharra Camille Z. Rodriguez Virgilio S. Almario
A monkey, looking very sad and dejected, was walking along the bank
of the river one day when he met a turtle.
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So they walked along together until they found some nice plants which they dug up, and then
they looked for a place to set them. Finally the monkey climbed a tree and planted his in it,
but as the turtle could not climb he dug a hole in the ground and set his there.
When their work was finished they went away, planning what they should do with their crop.
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A few weeks later they went back to the place to see their plants
and found that the tree of the monkey was dead, for its roots had
had no soil in it, but the tree of the turtle was tall and bearing
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When he had eaten all the good bananas, the monkey stretched his arms around
the tree and went to sleep.
The turtle, seeing this, was very angry and considered how he might punish the
thief. Having decided on a scheme, he gathered some sharp bamboo which he
stuck all around under the tree, and then he exclaimed:
Then the turtle cut the dead monkey into pieces, put salt on it,
and dried it in the sun. The next day, he went to the mountains
and sold his meat to other monkeys who gladly gave him squash
in return. As he was leaving them he called back:

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Then the monkeys ran and caught him and carried
him to their own home.

Let us throw him into and cut him into very

"Let us take a
the water. small pieces.
hatchet,"
That is just what I like.
I have been struck with
a hatchet many times.
Do you not see the
black scars on my
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shell ?
AHAHAHHA!!
 At this the turtle cried and begged them to
spare his life, but they paid no heed to his
pleadings and threw him into the water. He
sank to the bottom, butTo the
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of the
with a lobster. The monkeys
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to
around
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how to eatch lobsters. that my Iwaist,
would
sink.

NO! PLEASE
Spare my
life
The monkeys immediately tied strings around
themselves as the turtle said, and when all was
ready they plunged into the water never to
tome up again.
And to this day monkeys do not like to eat
meat, because they remember the ancient
story.
THE END.