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The Monkey's Heart
The Monkey's Heart
There grew a big tree on the seashore. Half of its branches were over the
land and the other half over the water. A little monkey lived in the tree. He
played in the branches all day, and when he was hungry he ate the sweet
fruit that grew in the tree.
Now, in the sea there lived a shark. One day the monkey threw some of
the fruit into the sea. The shark ate it up. From that day on the shark and
the monkey were friends and the shark asked the monkey to throw some
fruit down to him every day.
"Thank you, friend Monkey," said the shark, "I have only fish to eat in the
sea, and I like your fruit very much."
The monkey was happy to be a friend of the shark and threw fruit into the
sea every morning. Once the shark said to the monkey: "You are so good
to me that I want to do something good for you."
The monkey looked down at the shark and listened. The shark said: "I
want to show you my home. You will meet my brothers and sisters. You
are so good to me that I think they will like you."
The monkey thought a minute and said: "No, I do not want to go, thank
you. I am afraid of cold water, and I cannot swim. I shall be happier if I
stay in my tree."
"Oh, no, no!" said the shark. "Do not be afraid! Come with me, I shall carry
you to my home on my back. I shall not swim very quickly."
The monkey thought: "The day is very hot. It will be nice on the water. I
think I will go."
So the monkey sat down on the shark's back, and off they went.
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