A monkey wanted to cross a river to eat some bananas on
the other side. Unfortunately, he did not know how to swim. He asked a buffalo
to carry him across on his back.
“All right,” said the buffalo. “Jump on. I’ll walk
across. There’s some very tasty grass on the other side which I would like to
eat.”
So the monkey rode on the buffalo’s back across the
river. When they reached the other side, the monkey jumped off. He ran to eat
as many bananas as he could. The buffalo was quite happy eating the long grass.
After some time, the monkey wanted to return home. He
asked the buffalo to take him back. But the buffalo told him to wait a little
longer as he had not yet finished eating.
The naughty monkey began to sing. He made such a loud
noise that a farmer, who was working in a nearby field, came to see what the
matter was.
He shouted at the buffalo, “Thief! Thief! Why are you
eating my grass?” he threw some stones at the buffalo.
The buffalo stopped eating and ran. When the farmer had
gone, the monkey came out from where he had been hiding. The buffalo was
holding his sore head; he had been hit by a stone at his head.
“Oh, oh! Why did you make so much noise? If you had kept
quiet, the farmer wouldn’t have noticed me.”
The monkey did not know what to say. The buffalo asked
him to sit on his back to return across the river.
When they were half-way across, the buffalo said to the
monkey, “I want to roll over and take a bath here.”
“Please don’t! “ The monkey begged. “I can’t swim.”
“That’s not my fault,” replied the buffalo. “You like to
sing and make a noise. I always like to roll over in the water. It’s so cool
and pleasant and it will cure my painful head.”
Without saying any more, he rolled over in the water. Luckily,
the monkey was holding on tightly otherwise he would have drowned. When they
reached the other side, the monkey jumped down from the buffalo’s back. He was
very wet and frightened.
“I shall never give you trouble again,” he promised the
buffalo.
-FIN-
Read the Indonesian translation HERE
Author: Unknown
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