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    The Monkey and the Turtle tells the story of a sad monkey who meets a turtle. They work together to steal banana plants, but the monkey plants his in a tree while the turtle plants his in the ground. Weeks later, the turtle's plant is bearing fruit while the monkey's has died. When the monkey eats all the ripe bananas and gives the turtle only green ones, the turtle devises a plan for revenge by frightening the monkey into falling on sharp bamboos and getting killed.

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    The Monkey and the Turtle tells the story of a sad monkey who meets a turtle. They work together to steal banana plants, but the monkey plants his in a tree while the turtle plants his in the ground. Weeks later, the turtle's plant is bearing fruit while the monkey's has died. When the monkey eats all the ripe bananas and gives the turtle only green ones, the turtle devises a plan for revenge by frightening the monkey into falling on sharp bamboos and getting killed.

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    The Monkey and the Turtle tells the story of a sad monkey who meets a turtle. They work together to steal banana plants, but the monkey plants his in a tree while the turtle plants his in the ground. Weeks later, the turtle's plant is bearing fruit while the monkey's has died. When the monkey eats all the ripe bananas and gives the turtle only green ones, the turtle devises a plan for revenge by frightening the monkey into falling on sharp bamboos and getting killed.

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    The Monkey and the Turtle

    (Ilocano Folktales)
    A Monkey, looking very sad and dejected, was walking along the bank of the river one
    day when he met a turtle.

    "How are you?" asked the turtle, noticing that he looked sad.
    The monkey replied, "Oh, my friend, I am very hungry. The squash of Mr. Farmer were
    all taken by the other monkeys, and now I am about to die from want of food."

    "Do not be discouraged," said the turtle; "take a bob and follow me and we will steal
    some banana plants."

    So they walked along together until they found some nice plants which they dug up, and
    then they looked for a place to set them. Finally the monkey climbed a tree and planted
    his in it, but as the turtle could not climb he dug a hole in the ground and set his there.

    When their work was finished they went away, planning what they should do with their
    crop. The monkey said:

    "When my tree bears fruit, I shall sell it and have a great deal of money."
    And the turtle said: "When my tree bears fruit, I shall sell it and buy three varas of cloth
    to wear in place of this cracked shell."

    A few weeks later they went back to the place to see their plants and found that that of
    the monkey was dead, for its roots had had no soil in the tree, but that of the turtle was
    tall and bearing fruit.

    "I will climb to the top so that we can get the fruit," said the monkey. And he sprang up
    the tree, leaving the poor turtle on the ground alone.

    "Please give me some to eat," called the turtle, but the monkey threw him only a green
    one and ate all the the ripe ones himself.

    When he had eaten all the good bananas, the monkey stretched his arms around the tree
    and went to sleep. The turtle, seeing this, was very angry and considered how he might
    punish the thief. Having decided on a scheme, he gathered some sharp bamboo which he
    all around under the tree, and then he exclaimed:

    Crocodile is coming! Crocodile is coming!"


    The monkey was so startled at the cry that he fell upon the sharp bamboo and was killed.
    Summarize it in 3 – 5 sentences
    A sad and dejected looking monkey was walking near the bank of the river one day when
    he met the turtle. The turtle and the monkey decided to steal some bananas. The
    monkey’s crops was planted on the tree while the turtle’s crops was on the ground. After
    a few weeks they came back, the monkey’s crops is dead and the turtle’s crops is tall and
    bearing fruit. The monkey decided to climb the tree and ate all the ripe ones while he
    gave the turtle the green ones. The turtle taught of a scheme, he placed some sharp
    bamboos at the bottom and started to scream “Crocodiles, Crocodiles” after that the
    monkey fell unto the bamboos and was killed.

    Characters
    Turtle – an intelligent and wise turtle

    Monkey – a fool and selfish monkey

    Moral
    dont do unto others what you dont want others do unto you

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