Question

Summary of the crocodile and the monkey by vikram seth

Answer 1

On the banks of the Ganges, a monkey lived in the rose apple tree. While he was eating them, one day a crocodile came out of the river, and the monkey threw down a few rose apples.The crocodile chomped on them and found truly wonderful.

After that action the monkey and the crocodile became friends. One day the crocodile took some fruits to his wife. When she asked where he gets them, the crocodile tells her about his friendship with the monkey. His wife tells him to bring the monkey to eat his heart because it must taste like heaven.

The crocodile invited the monkey to go home with him, but his conscience wouldn't allow him to take his friend home and let his wife make a meal of his heart, so he tells the truth to his friend the monkey.

The monkey thinks quickly and said the crocodile that he leave his heart in the rose apple tree and tell him to go back to bring to him his heart when the crocodile turns around and swan back the monkey quickly jumped off his back and clambered up the tree to safety.

Hope this will help you.

Answer 2

The crocodile and the monkey is a poetic version of a children’s tale by the same name. A crocodile living in a river befriends a monkey living on a tree on the river bank. The monkey shares the fruits of the tree with the crocodile who takes a share for his wife. The greedy wife who loves the sweetness of the fruit craved for the monkey’s heart that she thought would be sweeter. She convinces her husband to get the monkey for him so that she can relish on his heart.

The crocodile takes the monkey home on its way on the pretext of inviting him for dinner. Half way through the journey, his conscience does not permit him to betray his friend. The crocodile then tells his friend the truth. The clever monkey understands the trickery and says that they should go back to the tree as he has left behind his heart there. The foolish crocodile believes him and they go back. When they reach the shore, the monkey climbs on to the tree and saves itself. This also ended the friendship between the crocodile and the monkey. As a result, the crocodile also never got to taste the fruit again.

Through animals, the story portrays different traits in humans – friendship, betrayal and estrangement.