Tailless Monkey

 Written by: Meena Nazari

Once upon a time, there were three monkeys: Gray, Black, and Parti-colored living in a big jungle with other animals. These monkeys were always playing together.

One day when Black and Gray were waiting for Piebald monkey to come and play with them the game of jumping from a tree but Piebald did not come to the appointed place. Gray and Black started their game. Meanwhile, Black saw that Piebald was hiding behind a big tree. Gray said to Black that Piebald has stolen bananas from them and now she is hiding from them.

Black and Gray chased her but Piebald jumped into a hayloft near them and they could not find her. When they left the place, Piebald ran toward the hillside.

Gray and Black also went against her and they wanted to ask her why she had stolen the bananas from their homes.

When they reached to the hillside and saw the tail of Piebald is cut, they became astonished and asked the Piebald about it.

Piebald said that last day, she climbed to a tree to pick bananas but the branch was too heavy and it broke and fell on the ground. The bananas were raw and she brought a chopper from home. When she was to cut bananas from the branch by the chopper, she cut her tail too.

The black and Gray monkeys forgave her mistake and start to play together.