Story Telling : The Monkey and Crocodile

The Monkey and Crocodile

One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.

Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy again.”

At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile. “Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank.”

The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.

“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile. “Now I am free and I have my heart”.

Monyet dan Buaya

Suata hari ada seekor monyet. Dia ingin menyebrangi sungai. Disana ia melihat buaya, kemudian ia meminta buaya untuk membantunya menyebrang ke seberang sungai. Sang buaya setuju menyuruh monyet untuk melompat ke atas punggungnya. Kemudian sang buaya berenang kebawah, dengan monyet di atasnya.

Sialnya, sang buaya merasa sangat lapar, dia berhenti di tengah sungai dan berkata kepada monyet. “Ayah saya sangat sakit, dia harus memakan hati monyet. Agar ia bisa sehat kembali”.

Waktu itu, monyet dalam keadaan yang berbahaya dan dia harus berfikir keras. Kemudian ia memiliki ide yang bagus. Dia menyuruh buaya untuk berenang kembali ke tepi sungai. “Untuk apa?” tanya sang buaya. “Karena saya tidak membawa hati saya,” ucap sang monyet. “Saya meninggalkannya di bawah pohon, dekat beberapa kelapa di tepi sungai.

Sang buaya pun setuju dan berputar. Dia berenang kembali ke tepi sungai. Sesampainya mereka di tepi sungai, sang monyet melompat dari punggung buaya. Kemudian ia memanjat ke atas pohon.

“Dimana hatimu?” tanya buaya. “Kamu bodoh,” ucap sang monyet kepada buaya. “Sekarang saya bebas dan saya mempunyai hati saya”.