Assalamualaikum and hello everyone! I'm Ulya Zahra binti ....

from SK Batu Anam, Segamat would like

to tell you a story entitled "Crocodile and monkey".

Once upon a time, in a beautiful jungle, there was a lovely and beautiful pond. In the pond, there lived a
large yet gentle crocodile. Meanwhile, on a nearby tree, lived a very smart monkey. The monkey and the
crocodile were good friends.

Every day, the monkey would pluck some juicy apples for the crocodile and give them to him when he
came to visit him in the morning. In the afternoon, the crocodile would swim to the center of the pond and
pick some fishes and carry them back to the monkey. The two friends played together and talked for
hours.

One sunny day, the crocodile met a lady crocodile. When she heard that he had a monkey as his friend,
she felt greedy and wanted to eat the monkey. That night, before going to sleep, she ordered the crocodile
to get the heart of the monkey for her so that she could look more beautiful as she had heard this
somewhere.

Thus, she asked him to invite the monkey for lunch at their places where she planned to kill the monkey
and eat his heart. The crocodile become very sad and quiet. Finally, he promised her to bring the monkey
tomorrow.

The next day, when the monkey met the crocodile, he noticed that something was wrong. The crocodile
asked him for a ride. He quickly sat on the crocodile’s back. The crocodile told the monkey the truth,
“Today, I will bring you to my house. My wife wants to eat your heart so she could become more
beautiful”.

The monkey was so clever. He told the crocodile that he left his heart with the apples. The kind crocodile
swam back to the tree. As soon as they reached the tree, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back and
climbed up the tree. Then, he said to the crocodile, “You are a traitor! Now you will neither get my heart
nor the apples.” He went into the jungle leaving the sad crocodile behind. The crocodile later went back
home with a heavy heart as he had lost his good friend.

So, the moral of the story is we should always beware of other people's intention towards us. Secondly,
we must treasure the friendship that a good friend has give to us and never to betray them. Thank you.