The Mischievous Monkey

 

The Mischievous Monkey

Once upon a time, a mischievous monkey lives in a tree near the shop of a poor shoe-maker. He sat on the nearest branch for hours and saw him at work. Undoubtedly, all the monkey copy others but that mischievous monkey was very fond of doing new mischiefs. As soon as the shoe-maker went out the shop, the cheeky monkey come down to work like him and spoiled the leather and damaged many shoes. He jumped quickly out of his reach, the moment he saw shoe-maker coming back.

One day the shoe-maker thought of a clever plan to get rid of his cheeky little enemy. He sat down in his shop in full view of the monkey. He pretended to cut his throat with a sharp razor. Then he left it on the floor and went in. On his return he was delighted to see the monkey lying dead in the shop.  

Moral:

v Monkey see, monkey do;

v Don’t pull someone’s leg;

v Never took a leaf out of someone’s book