The Skinny Monkey

 Written by: Abdullah Fazli

Once there were three monkeys (Skinny, Long Tail and Red) living together in a big jungle along with other animals.

One day they decided to go together to find food. Red and Skinny were waiting for Long Tail to come but she did not reach on the appointed time. Skinny got bored and wanted to go alone but Red asked her to go with her to Long Tail’s house to see what has happened to her.

When they reached there, they saw that Long Tail was singing a song in a big tree.

Red and Skinny asked Long -Tail that why she did not come to the appointed place. Long-Tail said that she was enjoying the good weather and shadow of the tree. They all went to find food. Long-Tail asked Red and Skinny to go to a picnic the next day and she promised to bring banana, mango, and honey and prevented the others from bringing food for the picnic.

The next day, Red and Skinny went to for the picnic but Long-Tail did not reach to the picnic. Skinny said that Long-tail is a disloyal monkey and she never tells them the truth. Red asked Skinny to start their picnic and said that they have brought enough foods with them. They started their picnic with songs and dancing. Meanwhile, they heard a voice that was asking for help. They saw Long-Tail was coming toward them. When she came to the picnic, there was nothing left for eating.

They asked Long-Tail about her late coming to the party. Long-Tail said that she singing a song in her house that a flood caused to ruin her house with all the foods she had. Long-Tail asked them to give her something for eating. Red said that as she always tells lies, they did not leave anything for her eating. Long-Tail was very sad that why she was telling lie for her friends.