Compare and contrast about the characteristics of The Monkey and the Crocodile?
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Explanation:
The monkey thought for a minute. Perhaps the crocodile was right. Who can you trust, if not your friends? “OK,” he said, “I’ll come with you.” He jumped onto the crocodile’s back, and they sailed into the river.
It was a wonderful ride, and the monkey was really happy, but the crocodile was quiet, and deep in thought.
“What’s the matter?” asked the monkey.
The crocodile almost burst into tears. “I’m sorry, my friend. I lied to you. I am not doing this to entertain you. Rather, I am taking you to my wife. She wants to eat your liver.”
“Eat my liver!!” The monkey was astonished. “Why does she want to eat my liver?”
“She knows that you eat the fruit of the naval tree every day. She thinks that your liver must be very sweet and tender, so she wants to eat it.”
“I see,” said the monkey. He saw that his life was in danger. He thought for a minute. “My friend, don’t feel bad on my account,” he said. “I would be honored to give my liver to your wife. But you should have told me about this before we left the naval tree.”
“Why?” asked the crocodile.
“Well, I always wash my liver in the river and then hang it on a branch of the tree.”
“Oh?”
“If you take me back to the tree, I’ll get it for you. Then you can take it to your wife.”
The crocodile swam quickly back to the naval tree. When he got to the shore, the monkey jumped off his back and climbed up the tree.
“Hah! Crocodile! Don’t you know that I can’t give you my liver? This has been a good lesson to me about trust
Explanation:
Characters: Three storytellers, the crocodile, the crocodile's wife and the monkey. Storyteller 1: Once upon a time there lived a crocodile that lived in the river Ganges in India. (Crocodile enters stage swimming slowly.) Storyteller 2: On both sides of the Ganges there were large music fruit trees.