The Monkey And The Crocodile

张家强

Once， a crocodile liked bananas. However，they only grew on trees and the crocodile couldnot reach them.

A monkey watched the crocodile for sometime and then said，“Allow me to get some ba-nanas for you.”

The crocodile ate most of the bananas， andtook some home to his wife.

“If  that  monkey  lives  on  bananas，”thecrocodiles wife said，“his liver must be verytasty. Try to ask him to visit us， and then wecan have a good meal of monkey liver.”

The next day， the crocodile went back tothe banana tree.

“My wife is sick and she wants you to vis-it her，”the crocodile told the monkey.

“All right，”the monkey said.

The  crocodile  then  carried  the  monkeyacross the river to their home.

“Tell me what your problem is，”themon-key said to her，“and Ill suggest some medi-cine for you.”

“The only medicine I need，”shesaid，“isyour liver.”

Thinking quickly， the monkey said，“I leftmy liver in a banana tree. Would you like me toget it？”

The crocodiles wife agreed that the mon-key should go and get it， so her husband carriedhim back to the banana tree. Then the monkeyclimbed to the tree and disappeared.

曾經，有一只鳄鱼喜欢吃香蕉。然而，香蕉是长在树上的，鳄鱼够不到。

一只猴子观察了鳄鱼很久，说：“我给你拿一些香蕉吧。”

鳄鱼吃了很多香蕉，拿了一些回家给他的妻子。

鳄鱼的妻子说：“如果那只猴子靠香蕉为生，那么他的肝脏肯定很美味。请他来我们家，那么我们就可以享用他的肝脏了。”

第二天，鳄鱼回到了香蕉树那儿。

鳄鱼对猴子说：“我的妻子生病了，希望你能够去看望她。”

猴子说：“好的。”

于是，鳄鱼载着猴子游过小河到他们家去。

猴子对她说：“告诉我你生了什么病，那样我可以给你推荐一点药。”

她说：“我只需要一种药那就是你的肝脏。”

猴子很快地想了一下，说：“我把我的肝脏放在了香蕉树上，你介意我回去取一下吗？”

鳄鱼的妻子同意放猴子回去拿他的肝脏，所以她的丈夫载着猴子回到了香蕉树。接着，猴子爬上了树消失了。