The Turtle and the Monkey
told by Ma''ay
As for Turtle he said to Monkey, ''Monkey, what are we going to do?''
Monkey said, ''Let's have a contest, what contest shall we do?''
''Diving,'' said Turtle.
''Yes,'' said Monkey.
''We are going to get sand underneath and see which of us can-reach-the-bottom,'' said Turtle. So Turtle went first. He went first and returned with the sand he got, sand which are very small which he got underneath. When he returned he said, ''You are next, Monkey.''
Monkey went and he could not reach the bottom of the water. ''
Just a minute and I will make a way for you underneath, " said Turtle. So he got a rope. He put it in (Monkey's) waist saying, ''Just a minute I will tie the rope to a rock. He got a large rock saying, ''Come here near this deeper (portion of the water) so I will throw the rock and you go underneath.''
''Oh, yes,''said Monkey. So with that Turtle rolled the rock which the Monkey tied to the rope that was at his waist. The monkey dived and he did not returned because he was dead.
Turtle said, ''Monkey, why don't you come out?'' No one answered because that Monkey died underneath. So he went and got (the monkey) saying, ''The Monkey is dead.'' He said, ''You win, Monkey, because you are dead.''
After that Monkey who was a (monkey's) friend he said, ''You win ,Turtle, because this brother of mine is dead, but we are going to have a contest again.'' said Monkey. ''What are we going to contest about ?''
''We are going to the forest.'' said Turtle, ''We are going to see my gong. If I can find it, I will call you, then you will come.'' They went to the forest. After that they went roaming-around looking up the trees. Turtle saw many bees which hived up the tree. He said, ''Monkey my gong is there you go up and hit it. When you hit that gong its sound will be loud. When you reach at where the gong is, you will hit that gong in order to produce sound.''
And the Monkey climbed while Turtle was looking up. And when Monkey was at where the honycomb was, he (Turtle) said, ''Go-ahead, hit the gong to produce sound.''
The Monkey hit the bees, he hit (the honeycomb) on both sides. The bees buzzed and they stung the Monkey. The Monkey died and he fell down because the bees killed him. Turtle said, ''I defeated the monkeys.''
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