Pada dahulu kala, ada seekor monyet yang berkawan baik dengan seekor kura-kura . Mereka sangat menyayangi antara satu sama lain, walau ke mana saja, mereka akan pergi berdua dan apa saja yang mereka perolehi akan dikongsikan bersama. “Kita tidak akan mengabaikan sesama sendiri selagi ada hayat.” Begitulah janji mereka.

Satu hari semasa mereka sedang berjalan di tebing sungai untuk mencari makanan, mereka terlihat sebatang anak pokok pisang terapung-apung berhampiran dengan tebing sungai tersebut. Mereka terfikir sekiranya mereka dapat menanam pokok pisang sendiri, mereka tak perlu lagi merayau-rayau untuk mendapatkan makanan. Maka mereka pun mengambil keputusan untuk menanam pokok pisang tersebut. Hari berganti hari pokok pisang yang mereka tanam semakin membesar dan akhirnya menghasilkan buah. Begitu seronoknya mereka sambil menunggu buah pisang itu masak. Tiba masa yang di tunggu, akhirnya buah pisang itu masak.

Bersama-sama mereka pergi untuk mengambil buah pisang tersebut. Sementara si monyet memanjat pokok pisang, si kura-kura menunggu di bawah. Satu demi satu si monyet memakan pisang-pisang itu dan menjatuhkan kulit-kulitnya kepada si kura-kura. Bila si kura-kura menyedarinya, dia pun berkata kepada si monyet, “Berikan juga pada ku isinya, aku pun teringin nak merasakannya.” Namun si monyet yang telah menjadi tamak tidak menghiraukannya. Si kura-kura terasa tertipu, dengan perasaan kecewa dia berlalu pergi meninggalkan si monyet dan selepas itu mereka tidak lagi kelihatan bersama.

My little niece, Ony who never get bored even if I have to repeat the same story 100 times

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Why I bought the Monkey and Tortoise Carnelian…

Actually they reminds me of a story my mother told me when I was a child.  She said…

Once upon a time there lived a monkey and a tortoise.  They loved each other so dearly that where ever they went, it would be together and what ever one gets they’d share it together.  “We will never desert one another, not as long as we live.”  That was what they promised to each other. One day as they were roaming around in searched for food nearby a river, they saw a young banana plant floating just beside the river-bed.  They thought if they could have their own banana plant they wouldn’t have to go out looking for food anymore.  So they decided to plant it together.

The banana plant grew bigger and bigger each day until finally it started to bear fruits.  They were very excited as they waited for the fruits to ripe.  At last the banana fruit ripen. And together they went for the banana.  While the monkey climbed for the banana the tortoise waited down.  The monkey ate the flesh and threw down the skin to the tortoise, one after another, again and again.  The tortoise said to the monkey, “Let me have the flesh as well, I wanted to taste it as much as you do.”  But the monkey has become greedy that he ignored the tortoise.  The tortoise felt cheated, frustrated he walked away from the monkey and never ever be seen together again.

~The End~

The above tale is dedicated to my grand-children, Mimie & Ritz (superzam’s children)

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