The Clever Monkey
– The Clever Monkey
Once upon a time, there was a clever monkey living on a faraway island in England. There was a big apple tree on that island.
A crocodile was swimming nearby and saw the apple tree. He asked the monkey to throw him an apple. The monkey did so and the crocodile liked the sweet taste of the apple.
The next day, the crocodile came back and asked for two apples, one for him and the other for his wife. The monkey gave him what he wanted.
When the crocodile came back home, his wife said: “Why don’t you eat the monkey’s brain so you can get as smart as he is?”
The crocodile liked the idea and decided to invite the monkey to his house. The monkey was happy and came to have lunch at the crocodile’s house.
Suddenly the crocodile attacked the monkey and said “I invited you here to eat your brain and become as smart as you are.”
The monkey pretended to be sad and said that he had forgotten his brain on the island. He asked the crocodile to get him back there to find his brain.
They came back to the island together. The monkey rushed to the tree and hid there. He laughed out loud and said: “Now you’ve lost two things, my brain, and the apples.”