The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart
Author: Marie L. Shedlock
Link: http://thejatakas.blogspot.com/2017/08/0100-monkey-and-crocodile.html
Growing up in South Korea, I read many ancient legends and folktales as a kid and great deal of them always included each of their own lessons. Many also included a story character that was smarter and trickier than the other. Reading stories of how, whether it be the antagonist or the protagonist, the character outwits another in order to get out of a sticky situation as always been more interesting to me.
The monkey, on the verge of death, quickly thought of a lie to get out of the situation. The crocodile, as dunce as he is, fell for it easily and thus, the monkey lived to see another day and will not make the same mistake of trusting a crocodile again.
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