The Monkey and the Crocodile Story 🐒🐊 | Kids Moral Story in English

On the bank of a very big river, there was a huge apple tree. On that tree lived a very wise monkey. The apples on that tree were as sweet as honey.
In the same river lived an old crocodile.

Every day, the monkey dropped sweet apples from the tree, and the crocodile ate them happily.
In this way, a deep friendship grew between the two.

🐒 Monkey
“Brother Crocodile! How are you?
Today’s apples are very juicy.
Here, taste one!”

🐊 Crocodile
“Wow, Brother Monkey! This is wonderful.
Thank you so much for giving me such sweet apples.
My wife likes them very much too.”

One day, the crocodile’s wife was very greedy.
After eating the sweet apples, an evil thought came into her mind.

🐊 Crocodile’s Wife
“The monkey who eats such sweet fruits every day,
how sweet his heart must be!
I want to eat his heart!”

The poor crocodile went to the monkey with a heavy heart.

🐊 Crocodile
“Dear Monkey!
Today my wife has cooked very good food for you.
She wants to meet you.
Come, be our guest today.”

🐒 Monkey
“Oh wow! Why not, friend?
But I don’t know how to swim.
How will I reach your home?”

🐊 Crocodile
“Don’t worry about that.
Just sit on my back.
I will take you across the river.”

The monkey sat on the crocodile’s back.
They reached the middle of the river, where the water was very deep.

🐊 Crocodile
“Friend, please forgive me.
I am not taking you for a feast,
but to my wife.
She wants to eat your heart.”

The monkey was shocked,
but he did not lose courage and thought of an idea.

🐒 Monkey
“Oh my! Brother Crocodile,
why didn’t you tell me this earlier?

We monkeys keep our hearts in the hollow branch of a tree.
My heart is still on the tree!”

🐊 Crocodile
“What?
Then what should we do now?”

🐒 Monkey
“Quickly take me back near the tree.
I will get my heart,
then we will go to your wife.”

The foolish crocodile believed the monkey
and turned back toward the riverbank.

As soon as they reached near the bank,
the monkey took a long jump and climbed the tree.

🐒 Monkey
“Foolish Crocodile!
Can anyone keep their heart outside their body?
You betrayed me in the name of friendship.
From today, our friendship is over!”

The crocodile went back regretting his foolishness,
and the clever monkey saved his life.