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It was all very
well, he admitted, to swing from branch to branch through the trees. This
toned up the muscles no end, and
was great for showing off to the girlfriend, but as a year-in year-out
version, it did tend to get just the teeniest bit boring. Well then, what
to do If all other species had some type of cultural outlet, why not the
monkeys But whenever he approached any Of the tribe with his ideas, they
commenced whispering behind their hands and sidling off. This treatment
can make a chap feel rejected. So, it was not surprising when one day
Bojog found a goat nibbling at a patch of weeds near the Forest, he lost
no time
Story of Bali, Indonesia
making friends with
him. What Bojog did not know was that the goat was a smooth operator from
way back.
"A friend, is a friend, is a friend," sang the monkey softly
to himself, as he started telling the goat of his frustrated ambitions.
"Yes, indeed," agreed the wily goat. "Things have come
to a pretty pass Just look at the type of tourist we get these days. Cameras
dangling everywhere, so help me And not a tasty morsel amongst the lot.
Think I don't know I've tried 'em The cameras I mean. Time was when there
was only a handful of tourists, but every one stopped to feed me with
goodies. Now what do I get A bag filled with old lunch wrappings, hurled
at me from the
window of a passing bus."
The goat paused and let loose a plaintive bleat, as though the memory
pained him.
"What the world needs," sighed the monkey, "is more human
fellowship."
This was the opening that the crafty goat was hoping for.
"My dear chap, I couldn't agree more," he enthused. "Let
us - just you and I - form our own self-help co-operative. Let's start
with, say, a banana plantation."
"Mercy me" exclaimed the monkey, taken aback. "Suppose
we plant just one tree for a start"
"Have it your way," said the goat a trifle huffily, "So
long as we both benefit equally."
"Splendid," agreed the monkey. "But who will pick the fruit,
and carry it to the market, and who will sell it for the best price"
"Let's not get all up-tight and technical about this," urged
the goat silkily. "Let's just keep it on a self-help basis and divide
the tree equally. I will take only the leaves - you shall have all the
fruit.
That night in a
secret place, known only to themselves, the pair planted their tree. Some
days later, when the first leaf unfurled, the monkey called the goat to
admire it.
The goat admired it - and ate it.
Leaf after leaf appeared, to be promptly eaten by the goat.
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Cave
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Forest
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Unnaturall
Kecosan
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Toktor
Boom
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Negara
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Denpasar
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