Bothering

Written by: Nasratullah Samim

Black monkey and gray monkey were friends, living together in a jungle with other animals and birds.

One day, when gray and black were swinging on a tree, they heard the voice of a bear. The gray monkey was scared and said to the black that what should he do then. Meanwhile, the bear was very angry and wanted the gray to come down from the tree.

The gray wanted the black to tell to the bear that the gray is not on the tree. The bear heard their talking and said that the gray always bothers her (bear’s) kids and then he tried to climb the tree, but the black monkey wanted him that if he promises to not beat the gray, they would come down. The bear accepted.

The black monkey came down but the gray jumped from the tree and ran away.

The next day, the gray wanted the black to go with him for playing and added that today she would have more fun.

The black monkey prevented him from bothering others and said that someone might punish him but the gray said that no one would be able to capture him and added that today is the turn of the lion.

The black and the gray monkeys climbed a tree and the lion was sleeping under the tree. The gray started jumping from one branch to the other and the branches and the branches were hitting the lion.

The lion woke up; roared and when he wanted to attack the gray, the gray jumped into the rive and it was near to be sunk but the black rescued him.

The black advised him not to bother anyone but the gray did not accept and said that it’s good fun for him and no one would capture him and then he took the black with him and climbed on the hill.

The gray saw some deer were going on the way. The gray rolled down a stone toward the deer and the deer ran away. Meanwhile, the gray saw a few wolfs were crossing the way and the gray decided to frighten them by rolling another stone but the black monkey warned him and said that is he bothers more animals, she would leave him alone.

The gray did care about his warning. The black left him alone. The gray moved a big stone, and unfortunately his tail caught under the stone and the gray cried. The gray was waiting for other animals to come and rescue him but no one helped him.

a Yellow monkey was passing from there but she did not help him neither. A giraffe saw him but she did not come near him and remembered him that he was always bothering her and her kids.

It was near evening; the weather was getting darker and the gray was afraid of beasts. On the other hand, the gray’s kids were worried about their mother and shared the issue with the black.

The black went toward the hill and rescued the gray. The gray thanked the black and promised that she would not bother animals afterward. The animals reconciled and accepted gray as their friend again.