Kera Jadi Raja

Sang Raja hutan "Singa" ditembak pemburu, penghuni hutan rimba jadi gelisah. Mereka
tidak mempunyai Raja lagi. Tak berapa lama seluruh penghuni hutan rimba berkumpul untuk
memilih Raja yang baru. Pertama yang dicalonkan adalah Macan Tutul, tetapi macan tutul
menolak. "Jangan, melihat manusia saja aku sudah lari tunggang langgang," ujarnya. "Kalau
begitu Badak saja, kau kan amat kuat," kata binatang lain.

"Tidak-tidak, penglihatanku kurang baik, aku telah menabrak pohon berkali-kali." "Oh!
mungkin Gajah saja yang jadi Raja, badan kau kan besar.....", ujar binatang-binatang lain.
"Aku tidak bisa berkelahi dan gerakanku amat lambat," sahut gajah.

Binatang-binatang menjadi bingung, mereka belum menemukan raja pengganti. Ketika

hendak bubar, tiba-tiba kera berteriak, "Manusia saja yang menjadi raja, ia kan yang sudah
membunuh Singa". "Tidak mungkin," jawab tupai.

"Coba kalian sema perhatikan aku, aku mirip dengan manusia bukan?, maka akulah yang
cocok menjadi raja," ujar kera. Setelah melalui perundingan, penghuni hutan sepakat Kera
menjadi raja yang baru. Setelah diangkat menjadi raja, tingkah laku Kera sama sekali tidak
seperti Raja. Kerjanya hanya bermalas-malasan sambil menatap makanan yang lezat-lezat.

Penghuni binatang menjadi kesal, terutama serigala. Serigala berpikir, "bagaimana si kera
bisa menyamakan dirinya dengan manusia ya?, badannya saja yang sama, tetapi otaknya
tidak". Serigala mendapat ide. Suatu hari, a menghadap kera. "Tuanku, saya menemukan
makanan yang amat lezat, saya yakin tuanku pasti suka. Saya akan antarkan tuan ke
tempat itu," ujar serigala. Tapa pikir panjang, kera, si Raja yang baru pergi bersama serigala.

Di tengah hutan, teronggok buah-buahan kesukaan kera. Kera yang tamak langsung
menyergap buah-buahan itu. Ternyata, si kera langsung terjeblos ke dalam tanah. Makanan
yang disergapnya ternyata jebakan yang dibuat manusia. "Tolong! tolong," teriak kera,
sambil berjuang keras agar bisa keluar dari perangkap.

"Hahahaha! Tak pernah kubayangkan, seorang raja bisa berlaku bodoh, terjebak dalam
perangkap yang dipasang manusia, Raja seperti kera mana bisa melindungi rakyatnya," ujar
serigala dan binatang lainnya. Tak berapa lama setelah binatang-binatang meninggalkan
kera, seorang pemburu datang ke tempat itu. Melihat ada kera di dalamnya, ia langsung
membawa tangkapannya ke rumah.
 Monkey Becomes King

The king of the forest "Lion" was shot by hunters, the inhabitants of the jungle became
restless. They don't have a King anymore. It wasn't long before all the inhabitants of the
jungle gathered to choose a new King. The first to be nominated was the Leopard, but the
leopard refused. "Don't, just seeing a human being makes me run away," he said. "Then
Rhino, you are very strong," said another animal.

"No-no, my eyesight isn't good, I've hit trees many times." "Oh! maybe the elephant can be
king, your body is big...", said the other animals. "I can't fight and my movements are very
slow," said the elephant.

The animals became confused, they had not found a replacement king. When they were
about to leave, suddenly the monkey shouted, "Man alone can be king, he is the one who
killed the lion." "Impossible," answered the squirrel.

"Just look at me, I'm similar to humans, right? So I'm the one who's fit to be king," said the
monkey. After going through negotiations, the forest residents agreed that Monkey would
become the new king. After being appointed king, Monkey's behavior was not at all like a
king. His work was just lazing around while staring at the delicious food.

The animal inhabitants became irritated, especially the wolves. The wolf thought, "how can
the monkey equate himself with humans? His body is the same, but his brain is not." The
wolf got an idea. One day, a faced a monkey. "My lord, I found very delicious food, I'm sure
my lord will like it. I will take you to that place," said the wolf. Don't think twice, monkey, the
new King went with the wolf.

In the middle of the forest, there were piled up the monkeys' favorite fruits. Greedy monkeys
immediately attacked the fruit. Apparently, the monkey immediately fell into the ground. The
food he ambushed turned out to be a trap made by humans. "Help! help," shouted the
monkey, struggling hard to get out of the trap.

"Hahahaha! I never imagined, a king could act stupidly, get caught in a trap set by humans,
a king like an ape can protect his people," said the wolf and other animals. Not long after the
animals left the monkeys, a hunter came to the place. Seeing there were monkeys in it, he
immediately took his catch home.