The
leader asked, "Where can we find that boy? How will we recognize
him?"
"He
goes to school every morning and crossed our tree on t way," said the hurt
monkey baby.
The
small child replied, "I remember his face very well."
Then
a plan was carefully chalked out.
They
all decided to meet the next morning, at the same time the boy had hit the
child with the stone.
Then
they would attack the boy and beat him, so that he would never ever hurt any
other animal.
The next morning, the animals quickly looked for
food. Then they sat and ate their food.
They
cleaned their fur and were ready to teach the naughty boy a lesson.
All
the monkey child sat waiting. He got confused because all the boys of the
school wore the same uniform.
Her
mother asked the hurt monkey, "Will you be able to recognize the boy who
hurt you?"
She
said to her mother, "I can never forget the boy's face."
All
of a sudden, t little monkey saw the same boy coming and started shouting,
"This is the boy!" The leader shouted, "Attack!"
All
the monkeys who had hidden in the trees suddenly pounced on the unsuspecting
boy, and started beating and biting him.
Then
the leader saw some people coming towards them, so he shouted, "Run
back!"
All
the monkeys ran away before the people could find stones to hit them.
In a
minute, the monkeys had hidden themselves and not one of them could be seen.
The
boy was lying hurt and was crying. He was taken to the doctor. He was badly
bitten by the monkeys and had to take a lot of medicines.
Next
day, all the monkeys waited at the sometime. But the boy did not come for two
days. He had fever, and had been given injections too. After two days, they saw
the boy coming with a bandage on his head and stitches on his face and body.
Their leader said, "We will only hurt the boy again if he throws stones at
us."
The
boy saw the monkeys but he did not throw even a single stone at them.
The
leader shouted, "Don't attack the boy. Let him go." The boy just
looked at them and quietly walked away. For three days, all the monkeys kept
watch to see if the boy threw a stone at any monkey.
After
a few days, the boy came and stood under the tree. The monkeys were again
waiting for him, but were hiding themselves.
Suddenly,
the small monkey, whom the boy had hurt, bravely came out of the hiding, to
test whether the boy would hit again.
The
boy saw the wounded monkey and apologized, "I am sorry, I hurt you. You
must be in as much pain as I am. I will never hurt any animal now."
He
then took out a handful of peanuts from his pocket and gave them to the little
monkey.
From
that day onwards, the boy never hurt any animal. The monkeys had taught him a
lesson.
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