2. Once upon a time there was a turtle wo was very kind and patient. He had many friends. Among
them was a monkey, who was very selfish. He always want to have the best part of everything.
3. One day the monkey and turtle found a banana tree on a river, they fished it out and because
each wanted the tree for himself,
4. They cut it in half. The monkey being the stronger one, took the part with leaves despite the turtle’s
protest.
7. But because the part of the monkey had no roots, it died. While the turtle’s lived and sprouted
leaves.
8. One day, the monkey visited the turtle and they talked about their banana plants.
9. “My banana tree is
dead. What about
yours?”
“Alive and
bearing fruit!
But I can’t climb
up.”
10. The turtle accompanied the monkey to the place where the banana tree is planted. The monkey
climbed the tree at once and started eating, filling both cheeks.
12. To get even with the monkey, the turtle nailed thorns on the trunk of the banana tree and hide
under a coconut shell.
Ow! Ow!
13. With much pain, the monkey went to sit on the coconut shell to tend his wounds. But while he
was pulling out the thorns his restless tail went inside a hole in the coconut shell.
14. The turtle saw a good opportunity to bit the monkey’s tail.
16. I will make you pay for
everything you did! Do you want
me to crush you in a mortar or
throw you in the river?
Crush me in a
mortar but please
don”t throw me in
a river! I will die!
17. Into the river he threw the turtle who swam away happily.
As the saying goes the monkey may be smart yet he can still be fooled.
