Injured Monkey

 Written by: Asma Kakar

Many years back, there were some monkeys living in a jungle among other animals. Chapoli, a stingy monkey and Red, a kind monkey were close friends.

One day Chapoli was very happy and singing a song. Red came and asked about her happiness. Chapoli said that she had found a nice pottery bowl.

Red considered it a good news, especially for deer, who was a doctor of animals and would grind medicine in it to cure animals. Red said nothing and went home.

Next day, Red came and was crying. She said that her brother had got injured and deer wanted to grind some medicine. She asked for the bowel, but Chapoli said that it fell down on the ground and broke from her.

Red went back disappointedly. When neighbor monkey watched this scene, she condemned Chapoli for not helping her friend and said that she would no longer live in her neighboring house.

Chapoli went home to hide the bowl. When she was putting it on a shelf, the bowel fell down and broke. It injured her head badly Chapoly cries.

The neighbor monkey said her, if she could have helped her friend, Chapoli might not face such problem. Neighbor monkey went and brings deer.

Deer asked Chapoli to bring pottery bowel and some herbs from the mountain to prepare medicines. None of her neighbors and friends wanted to help her.

Red came to Chapoli’s house and broght bowel and herbs. Deer cured Chapoli. Chapoli was regretful and promised to help those, who are in need.