The Foolish Bear and The Clever Monkey

Honestly, I just revised this story. I read some fables and thought of other characters to get the following roles. Hope you enjoy! :)

There was once a clever and happy monkey that lived in a tree of juicy, red apples. One fine day, a bear passed by to that tree and told the monkey that he had traveled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him few apples. The bear enjoyed them very much and asked the monkey whether he could come again for some more fruit. The generous monkey happily agreed.

The bear returned the next day, and the next, and the next one after that. Soon the two became very good friends. They discussed their lives, their friends and family, like all friends do. The bear told the monkey that he had a wife and that they lived on the other side of the mountain. So the kind monkey offered him some extra apples to take home to his wife. The bear’s wife loved the apples and made her husband promise to get her some every day.

Meanwhile, the friendship between the monkey and the bear deepened as they spent more and more time together. The bear’s wife started getting jealous. She wanted to put an end to this friendship. So she pretended that she could not believe that her husband could be friends with a monkey. Her husband tried to convince her that he and the monkey shared a true friendship. The bear’s wife thought to herself that his flesh would be very sweet. So she asked the bear to invite the monkey to their house.

The bear was not happy about this. But his wife was determined to eat the monkey’s flesh. So she thought of a plan. One day, she pretended to be very ill and told the bear that the doctor said that she would only recover if she ate a monkey’s heart. If her husband wanted to save her life, he must bring her his friend’s heart.

The bear was in a dilemma. He loved his friend but on the other hand, he could not possibly let his wife die. The bear’s wife threatened him saying that if he did not get her the monkey’s heart, she would surely die.

So the bear went to the apple tree and invited the monkey to come home to meet his wife. In the middle of the dark forest, the bear jumped over the monkey laying him flat on the grassy land. The frightened monkey asked him why he was doing that. The bear cried and explained that he would have to kill the monkey to save his wife’s life. The clever monkey told him that he would gladly give up his heart to save the life of the bear’s wife, but he had left his heart behind in the apple tree. He asked the bear to turn back so that the monkey could go get his heart from the apple tree.

The silly bear quickly stood up and they went back to the apple tree. The monkey scampered up the tree to safety. He told the bear to tell his wicked wife that she had married the biggest fool in the world.

Moral Lesson:

- Do not underestimate the intellectual capabilities of others.

- Do not be fooled with the wicked plans of a family.

- Do not let others use you.