The Noble Monkey

A long time ago,
deep in the forests, there lived a large group of Monkeys.
The monkeys,
had a King who was big, and strong,
and ruled over them, very wisely.
The Monkeys had discovered a mango tree,
that grew on the banks of the river.
It had big delicious mangoes.
The wise Monkey King cautioned all the monkeys saying,
Don't let a single mango fall into the river,
If you do, the river will carry it to places where the humans live.
And once they get to know about this fruit,
then we will not be safe here anymore.
for they will come here in search of the fruit and
destroy us to keep it for themselves.
So the monkeys were very careful,
and we're always on the lookout for ripe mangoes on branches,
at the edge of the river.
But one day,
a big ripe and tasty mango fell into the river without their knowledge.
The mango floated on the water,
and reached the other side of the stream.
The Royal washer man was washing clothes.
He found the mango.
It appeared to be very juicy and sweet.
He decided to gift the mango to the King.
Your majesty,
I found this ripe golden mango,
on the bank of the river in the forest.
I thought,
you will like to see you such an extraordinary mango.
so I have brought it to you.
The King ate the mango.
it was the sweetest mango he had ever tasted.
He wanted to have more of such mangoes.
He thought,
The Washerman found it floating on the waters of a river.
Surely, it must have floated from the other bank of the river.
There must be a mango tree on that side of the river.
So, he decided to find out the source of the mango
He took some soldiers with him,
and rode a boat to the other side of the stream.
From the boat, they could see the mango laden trees.
That King was very happy.
Now, he could enjoy the mangoes
Meanwhile,
some Monkeys saw the men coming that way.
They ran to their King and informed him,
that some men were coming toward the orchard in boats.
We must get out of the orchard.
Now!
All of you swing on the vine,
and reach the other bank of the stream.
I will follow you,
when all of you have reached safely on the other side.
He helped the old and baby Monkeys to swing to the other side.
When he was sure that all the Monkeys had reached the other banks safely,
he got ready to swing to the other side.
All his subjects were waiting for him,
on the other bank of the stream.
But the wine was now too weak to bear the weight Of the Monkey King.
It broke and the Monkey King fell into the stream.
Seeing him falling into the stream,
All his subjects began to cry for help.
The King was watching all this.
He was impressed by the way the Monkey King,
had sent all the subjects to a place of safety.
Seeing him falling into the water,
he ordered his soldiers to rescue the Monkey King.
The King welcomed the Monkey King and said
I am much impressed by your sense of responsibility.
Your subjects are now all safe on the other side.
You are very tired
I invite you to my palace to spend a few days with me.
Your majesty,
thank you for your kind invitation.
But I cannot come with you.
My place is with my subjects.
I have to stay with them.
You are really a great King.
You know very well the responsibilities of a king towards his subjects.
I'm also a King and cannot harm you or your subjects.
I had come here to get the golden mangoes.
However,
now I shall not touch these mangoes.
This is your kingdom.
I cannot cause any harm to it.
Please continue living here with your subjects.
Thank you so much for sparing my kingdom and saving my life.
I Cannot let a friend go away without a gift
Please accept some of these juicy mangoes,
and take them with you to your palace.
Every year,
I will send some of these sweet mangoes to your palace.
It will make our friendship everlasting.
The Kingsmen took some mangoes and returned to their palace.
The Monkey kept on living in the forest
So dear children.
Did you see how noble the Monkey was?
How responsible he was?
And how affectionate he was towards his subjects.
That's the way you have to treat your core friends,
and everybody else.
The moral of the story is,
Please be kind to all others in the world.