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A monkey bridge
One morning,a little squirrel carrying a basket on his arm,
crossed a little wooden bridge and went into the woods to pick pinecones.
He picked and picked until his basket was full to the brim.
Then he grew tired and sat down to rest under the pine trees.
Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roar of thunder.
And rain started pouring from the sky.
The little squirrel scurried into the hole of a big tree to seek shelter from the rain.
The rain fell for a long time.
when it finally stopped ,the little squirrel got out of the hole and began to walk home.
As he reached the edge of the river,he was stunned to see that the powerful current had washed the little wooden bridge away.
The little squirrel cried out :”Oh gosh!How will I ever make it back home?”
Mother monkey heard the squirrel’s cries and came to him at once.
She asked him in a comforting voice:”would you like me to help you cross the river?”
The squirrel nodded and stopped crying.
Mother monkey called up a group of little monkeys.
She grabbed hold of a tree branch with her two hands ,
upon which a little monkey caught hold of her tail and swung forward.
The other monkeys joined in ,one supporting the other,so that soon they were all swinging forward.
The line became longer and loner ,swinging higher and higher,
Until the last monkey in the line used his tail to hook onto a tree branch on the opposite riverbank,
forming a “monkey bridge”high up in the sky.
The little squirrel was overjoyed .
He quickly scampered across the “monkey bridge”to reach the other side.
And having thanked the monkeys for their help,he rushed home. |
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