The monkey and turtle find banana plants to steal. The monkey plants his in a tree, while the turtle plants his in the ground since he cannot climb. When they return, the monkey's plant is dead but the turtle's has borne fruit. The turtle gets revenge by placing thorns on the banana tree. When the monkey sits on the turtle's shell to tend his wounds, the turtle bites his tail. The monkey threatens to crush or drown the turtle, who admits to fearing drowning. The monkey then throws the turtle in the river, and the turtle swims away happily, showing that even smart monkeys can be fooled.

1. THE MONKEY
AND
THE TURTLE
BY:Dr. JOSE RIZAL

2. A
MONKEY,LOOKING
VERY SAD AND
DEJECTED,WAS
WALKING ALONG
THE BANK
OF THE RIVER
ONE DAY WHEN
HE MET TURTLE.
Oh, my friend, I am very
hungry. The squash of
Mr. Farmer were all
taken by the other
monkeys, and now I am
about to die from want of
food.
How are you?
Do not be
discouraged,take a bob
and follow me and we
will steal some banana
plants.

3. 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.

4. When their work was finished they
went away, planning what they should
do with their crop.
When my tree bears fruit,
I shall sell it and have a
great deal of money.
When my tree bears
fruit, I shall sell it and
buy three varas of
cloth to wear in place
of this cracked shell.

5. A few weeks later they went
back to the place to see their
plants and found that that of the
monkey was dead, for its roots
had had no soil in the tree, but
that of the turtle was tall and
bearing fruit.

6. Please give me some to eat
I will climb to the top
so that we can get the
fruit
Krrr!!…not even in the
peels

7. So,to get even with monkey
the turtle nailed thorns on the
tunk of the banana tree.
And went to hide
under a coconut shell

8. oww!!!!owww
!!!

9. And with much pain,went
to sit on the coconut shell
to tend his wounds.
But,while he was pulling
out the thorns and snails
his restless tail went inside
a hole in a coconut shell.

10. The turtle,who saw a
good opportunity,bit it.

11. The monkey jumped and
saw stars from the pain.
So it’s you!!Now I will
make you pay for
everything you did!!!
You
shall
Die!!

12. But how?
Do you want me to
crush you in this
mortar or throw you
into the river?
Crush me in the
mortar but please
don’t throw me in
the river:I don’t
want to drown

13. AHA!!So, you are
afraid of
drowning? I guess
I’ll have to drown
you then!

14. And into the river he threw the
turtle who swam away happily.

15. As the saying goes:
THE MONKEY MAY BE SMART YET HE CAN STILL BE
FOOLED

16. THE END

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