Once upon a time there
was a clever monkey who lived by the river Ganga. A crocodile and his wife
lived in the same river. One day, the crocodile’s wife fell very ill. She
wanted to eat something special. She asked her husband to get her a monkey’s
heart. The crocodile did not know what to do. Then he thought of his neighbor,
the monkey. He said, “Friend Monkey, why do you waste your time eating the
fruits of this tree? There are juicy fruits on the other side of the river.”
When the monkey said that the river was too big for him to cross, the crocodile
offered to take him on his back. After a while, the crocodile sank in the water
along with the monkey. He told the monkey that his wife was sick and wanted his
heart. The monkey realised that he had been foolish to trust the crocodile. He
quickly thought of a clever plan to escape. He said, “Alas friend! Our hearts
are not inside us. We have to keep them hanging on trees. I wish you had told
me earlier. Let’s go back and bring my heart.” The crocodile believed the
monkey and brought him back to the tree. The monkey at once climbed up the tree
and escaped. He said to the crocodile, “You have a big body but no brains!” The
crocodile had nothing to do but repent for his foolishness on being tricked by
the monkey.
Moral Of Story
Don’t underestimate
yourself. There are bigger fools in this world.
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