The Monkey and The Crocodile

On one evening, a clever monkey was jumping from one branch to another on his tree that bore juicy, red rose apples. He was very happy. Suddenly, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had traveled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him a few rose apples. The crocodile enjoyed the fruit very much and asked the monkey for some more fruit. The generous monkey agreed.

The crocodile returned to the monkey for several days. As the time goes by, they became very good friends. They discussed anything that they have passed. Their lives, their friends and family. The crocodile told the monkey that he had a wife and they lived on the other side of the river. So the kind monkey offered him some extra rose apples to take home to his wife. The crocodile’s wife loved the rose apples, then her husband will bring her that apples every day.

Meanwhile, the friendship between the monkey and the crocodile become stronger as they spent more and more time together. The crocodile’s wife started getting jealous with the monkey. Her husband tried to convince her that he and the monkey shared a true friendship. But then the crocodile’s wife comes up with and idea and said, “if the monkey lived on a diet of rose monkeys, his flesh would be very sweet.” So she asked the crocodile to invite the monkey to their house.

The crocodile was not happy about her idea.

“It would be difficult to get the monkey across the river, honey.” Said the crocodile.

But his wife wanted to eat the monkey’s flesh. So she thought of a plan. One day, she pretended to be very ill and told the crocodile that the doctor said that she would only recover if she ate a monkey’s heart. If her husband wanted to save her life, he must bring her his friend’s heart.

The crocodile was in a dilemma. On the one hand, he loved his friend. On the other, he could not possibly let his wife die.

Then the crocodile went to the rose apple tree and tried to invite the monkey to come home to meet his wife. He told the monkey that he could ride across the river on the crocodile’s back. Then the monkey agreed. As they reached the middle of the river, the crocodile began to sink. The frightened monkey asked the crocodile “why did you do that?” .

“I would have to kill you, buddy. I want to save my wife’s life. The doctor said that she have to eat Monkey’s heart.” Said crocodile.

The clever monkey told him that he would give up his heart to save the the crocodile’s wife life, but he had left his heart behind in the rose apple tree. He asked the crocodile to turn back so that the monkey could go get his heart from the apple tree.

The silly crocodile quickly swam back to the rose apple tree. The monkey jumped up the tree to a safe place.

“Tell your wife, she had married the biggest fool in the world.” Said Monkey.

edited by Faris Hardiyan