Monkey A Trickster Tale from India Read aloud Children s Story Bedtime Story

Hi everyone. Welcome back and thank you for being here. Today we'll be reading the book Monkey. A trickster tale from India. Monkey. Chattering monkey. He lived high in a tree on the banks of the wide flowing river. Monkey jumped so high and so fast through the treetops no one could catch him. But catching monkey was exactly what crocodile wanted to do. Mammoth hungry crocodile. How delicious a monkey heart would be. Crocodile slithered into the water. Good morning monkey he called out. Good morning crocodile answered monkey. Where are you going? To the island in the middle of the river answered crocodile. Yum said monkey. Delicious mangoes grow there but that's too far for me to swing. Climb on my back my friend called crocodile. I'll take you to the island. Monkey swung down from the tree and hopped on to crocodile's scaly back. As crocodile glided through the deep dark water he sank lower and lower. Monkey began to get wet. Oh my goodness I cannot swim shouted monkey. How well I know said crocodile. Now I'm going to eat your heart. Eat my heart said monkey. What a pity. I left it up in the tree. You left your heart in the tree? Crocodile grumbled. What a nuisance. Crocodile returned with monkey to the muddy brown river bank. As soon as they reached the shore monkey leaped off crocodile's back and scampered up a tall tree laughing and chattering. Look my heart is here called monkey from the treetop. Just climb up and get it. Crocodile grunted and thrashed and swam away. Now monkey wanted the delicious mangoes more than ever. He leaped from treetop to treetop until he discovered some large rocks far down river. He saw that if he skipped across the rocks to the island he could feast on mangoes every day. The next morning crocodile came swimming down the river looking for monkey. He heard monkey chattering. He saw monkey jump from tree to rock to island. I shall pretend I'm a rock said crocodile. When monkey jumps on me I will snap him up heart and all. Crocodile lay low in the water all day long. When monkey had eaten his fill he headed for home with all the mangoes he could carry. He jumped off the island onto a rock in the river. He was about to jump onto another rock but something was wrong. Monkey looked closer then called out in a cheery voice. Hello rock. Crocodile was silent. He lay low in the water. Monkey called out again. I say good evening rock. Crocodile said nothing. Rock will you not greet me this evening asked monkey. Crocodile thought the rock must usually answer. He said good evening. You're not rock said monkey. You're crocodile. I'm as good as a rock said crocodile. You can jump on me to get to the other side. Oh what a splendid idea said monkey. Here I come. Monkey got ready to leap. Crocodile closed his eyes and opened his jaws but instead of leaping monkey popped a mango right into crocodile's mouth. Bang! Crocodile snapped his jaws shut. Quickly monkey jumped on crocodile's nose then on to the muddy brown riverbank. Laughing and chattering monkey scampered up a tree and swung from branch to branch. Your teeth may be sharp monkey shouted to crocodile but your mind is dull. Now monkey feasts on delicious mangoes every day. Crocodile lies low in the water keeping an eye on him and when monkey crosses the river to go home he's always careful to jump on a rock not on a crocodile. The end. I hope you enjoyed this book and I'll see you on the next one. Bye for now. Please like share and subscribe for more awesome stories. Thank you.