The Monkey and the Turtle

Once upon a time, a monkey and a turtle found a banana tree floating in a river.

They decided to split it.

The monkey, being quick and clever (or so he thought), took the top part with the leaves.

The turtle, slow but patient, took the bottom part with the roots.

The monkey laughed.

“What will you do with that useless stump?”

The turtle quietly planted his piece in the ground.

Days passed.

The monkey’s part withered and died.

But the turtle’s grew into a strong banana tree, full of fruit.

When the bananas ripened, the monkey climbed the tree and ate everything himself.

The turtle couldn’t climb, so he tricked the monkey.

“Throw me down some bananas,” he said.

The monkey instead threw hard objects and almost hurt him.

So the turtle set a trap with sharp bamboo spikes around the tree.

When the monkey climbed down, he fell and got hurt.

The monkey cried out in pain.

The turtle said calmly:

“You took everything for yourself. Now you face the result.”