The Monkey and the Crocodile(猴子和鳄鱼的故事) 如有侵权请联系网站删除，仅供学习交流 The Monkey and the Crocodile A long time ago, a monkey lived in a great fig tree on the riverbank. Life was good for him. He grew big and strong by eating the tree's fruit. A lot of crocodiles lived in the river and one of them watched the monkey for a long time as he ate and slept in the tree. “That monkey's heart must taste so sweet from all the fruit he eats,” the crocodile thought to herself. “I want to eat it.” She turned to her husband and said, “See the big monkey up there in that tree. Bring me his heart, I want to eat it.” Her husband looked up at the monkey in the tree and then looked at his wife. “But the monkey lives high in the tree and I’m here in the river. How can I catch him?” “I don’t care how you do it, just bring me his heart,” yelled his wife, slapping the water angrily with her tail. Her husband knew there was no way of talking her out of something, once she had made up her mind. She wouldn’t talk to him again until he brought her the monkey’s heart. “Ok, Ok, calm down, I’ll think of something, dearest,” he said. The crocodile thought and thought and finally came up with a plan. “I know what I’ll do,” he said to himself. “I'll trick the monkey into riding on my back.” The crocodile swam closer to the tree. “Hello, Mr Monkey. How are you today?” he called out, smiling and trying to sound friendly. He wasn’t too bright. When he smiled, he showed all his big teeth. “I'm fine, thank you,” said the monkey, trying not to look scared as he stared down from the tree at the open mouth. “Mr Monkey, why do you only eat the fruit from that fig tree when there are so many juicy mangoes on trees on the island in the middle of the river?” asked the crocodile. 仅供学习交流 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/21955afe5d0e7cd184254b35eefdc8d377ee143c.html