Once upon a time, there lived a clever and cheerful monkey along with his friends on a tree near the river Ganges.It is believed that the tree was magical which used to give golden fruits.Not only that, there also lived a wise crocodile named Makar, along with his wife,Nira in the river.The monkey and the crocodile were good friends who used to help each other in times of need.Not only that, the monkey used to give the crocodile some golden fruits from the magical tree.
One day the wife of the crocodile thought to herself that “what would happen if she can kill the monkey in order to have his golden heart as a meal.She immediately thought of executing and putting her master plan in action by disclosing her intent to kill the monkey with her husband.He initially refused to be a part of her plan but on pressure, his wife put forth a condition to choose between her and his friend.After hearing this, the crocodile got afraid of losing his wife forever if he doesn't agree to her plan.Consequently,he agreed to it.
Therefore, the very next day on meeting his friend, the crocodile invited him for a supper with him and his wife as a part of their strategy to kill him.He unaware of their actual motive, agreed to accompany them by sitting on the back of the crocodile and went with him to their house.
After reaching to a certain distance, the crocodile inadvertently confessed his whole plan of killing him in order to have his heart.Feeling betrayed,the monkey immediately thought of a game plan of saving himself from their tragic plan of killing him.He wisely used his mind and told the crocodile that “the monkeys always used to keep their hearts on the tree only.“So he asked him to take him back to the shore,where the home of the monkey is.On reaching there,he hurriedly jumped and climbed upon the tree and told that “an animal or human being cannot live without a heart anytime.”Realising his fault,he apologized for his blunder, which he made by betraying his own friend by listening to his wife's plea of getting his heart.The monkey with a big heart accept his apology and finally forgived him and also stated that,“trust is something which once lost, is very difficult to regain.”On hearing this from her husband that to how the monkey forgived him after knowing their wrongdoing,she started weeping out of repentance, sorrow and grief and promised never to repeat such a mistake again.
So the moral of the story is:
“Presence of mind can save us from any kind of danger and true friendship should never be sacrificed for greed or anything else.”
