Name:Atik Prihatiningrum

Class: XI IPA B

The Monkey and the turtle

Long ago,a monkey and a turtle lived together as
friends in a forest.They always helped each other out when
they had difficulties.Although they were friends ,sometimes
the monkey tricked the turtle. But the turtle was always
honest and tried to be a good friend to the monkey.
One sunny day,the two animals were taking a fresh
water bath in the river.While they were enjoying their
bath,they saw the trunkl of a banana tree in the waterThey
immediately swam towards the tree and pushed it towards
the river bank.
The turtle said, My friend, what would you think if the
two of us planted this banana tree together? We could
harvest the fruit together later.
The monkey replied,thats good idea! Lets cut the tree
into two and plant it.You get the lower part of the tree and I
get the upper part.
The monkey thought:the leafy part was the one that
bore fruit while the lower part,with the roots ,wouldnt bear
fruit even Tgought it would grow after planting.They took the
tree out of the water and cut it into two sections.The turtle
took his part and planted it in fertile soil.First,he hug a hole
in the ground , and then he filled it with dead leaves and
other kinds of trash.He then burned the whole
thing.Afterwards , he put the fire out with water from the
river ,and then finally he planted his tree.Meanwhile ,the
monkey planted his part of the tree in dry soil because he
didnt like mud.
Everyday the turtle took water from river and watered
his tree.Meanwhile ,the monkey thw tree with hot
water.Naturally,the monkeys tree wouldnt grow even
though it had plenty of water.Of course not! It had no
roots.So eventually,the tree planted by the monkey withered
and died.

Meanwhile the banana tree planted by the turtle was

healthy and growing .Buds appeared at the top of the
tree.Then the buds slowly became leaves which grew bigger
ang bigger day by day.After several months,flowers began to
appear.Soon they turned into fruit.The turtle was very happy
watching his banana tree bear fruit.His only problem was
that couldnt find a way to reach the bananas .He would just
have to wait until they were ripe and fell down naturally.
While the turtle was waiting for his bananas to ripen
,the monkey came for a visit.He saw that the bananas on the
turtles tree were ready to be picked because the green
bananas were starting to turn yellow.
The monkey said to the turtle,Why do you have to wait
until theyre all ripe? The birds will eat your bananas and
therell benothing left for you .Why dont you just let me
climb the tree and pick the bananas for you.Then you can
eat them right away. And you can keep the rest of the
bananas for yourself.
Answered the turtle ,Thanks! If you dont mind
climbing up to get bananas,well divide them equally.
The monkey then climbed the tree.He picked the bananas
,but then,with a wicked smile ,he started to eat them one by
one and he ate until only half were left. Below , the trusting
turtle shouted ,monkey ,may friend , why havent you
dropped any of the bananas for me? The monkey shouted
back, wait a second, I just want to taste them.
Hearing what the monkey said to him,the turtle kept
quiet, waiting patiently for the monkey to throw down some
bananas. A few minutes later the turtle shouted again, but
the monkeys answer was the same.
The turtle kept asking ,but the monkey kept giving the
same answer.Finally ,nothing was left on the tree.The
monkey had eaten all of the bananas. He felt really full and
fell asleep on top of the tree.
After waiting such a long time for the bananas, the
turtle finally realized that he had been tricked.He started to
cry.Just then, a giant crab passed by. He saw the turtle crying
and asked Why are you crying, my friend? The turtle
replied, My bananas were all eaten by that cruel monkey.

Now hes probably sleeping up on that tree because he has

eaten too much. I let him climb the tree to pick the bananas
because we agreed to divide them equally ,but he didnt
keep his word.
The giant crab felt sorry for the turtle and said Dont
worry. Ill help you.But stop crying:that doesnt solve
anything . trust me, youll get all of your bananas back.Just
do whay I say.Stand upside down under the tree with sharp
end of your shell pointing to the top of the tree.I am going to
climb the tree and pinch that monkeys buttocks so that he
will suddenly wake up and fall down.
The turtle did what he was told.The crab Quietly
climbed up the tree and pinched the monkeys buttocks as
hard as he could. The monkey awoke with a shock. He
screamed with pain, lost his balance ,and fell from the tree.
He fell right on top of the turtle so his stomach was cut by
the sharp end of turtlrs shell.The monkey died instantly ,
and all of the bananas he had eaten came out,scattered on
the ground .The turtle picked them up one by one and
thanked the giant crab for his help.