Monkey’s Feast

 By: Najia Nijat

A monkey, a hedgehog, a rabbit and a bear were best friends and lived together in a large forest away from the village. They always played together without any problems, but one day the hedgehog got into a fight with the bear and got upset and did not talk to each other for a long time.

This disturbed the rabbit and the bear, but they did not know how to reconcile them.

Meanwhile, the monkey asked the rabbit to go to the bear's house, and he went to the hedgehog's house. When they got to the place, the bear came with his toys, and when he saw the hedgehog in his house, he got angry and asked the monkey that why he took him here.

On the other hand, the hedgehog got angry and blamed the rabbit for taking him to the place where the bear was. Hedgehogs and bears started fighting again. The rabbit and the monkey were so upset that they could not make peace between them. All the animals went to their homes.

The monkey and the rabbit were sitting under a big tree, thinking about how to make peace between the hedgehog and the bear. A piebald monkey came and asked the rabbit and the monkey about their sadness. The rabbit shared the issue with her. The piebald monkey whispered something in the monkey's ear. The monkey took the rabbit with him.

They went to the bear's house again and asked him to follow them. The bear warned them that if he encountered a hedgehog again, he would cut off his friendship with them. Monkeys and rabbits took hedgehog too. The monkey wanted hedgehog and bear not to talk to each other along the way.

After a few moments, they reached another forest where any kind of fruits could be found.

When they reached the forest, the monkey arranged a feast and prepared many kinds foods and fruits. Many other animals were also invited to the feast.

The animals were eating. The bear saw that the hedgehog was eating a rotten apple and asked him not to eat the rotten apple or he would get sick. The hedgehog thanked the bear.

They were happy and talking to each other. When the rabbit and the monkey saw them talking to each other they became happy. Hedgehogs and bears thanked the rabbit for his effort to reconcile them. The rabbit said the monkey played a big role in that because he organized a party that reconciled the hedgehog and the bear.