One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.
Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy again.”
At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile. “Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank.”
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.
“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile. “Now I am free and I have my heart.”
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Arti Cerita Monyet Pintar dan Buaya Bodoh dari Teks Bahasa Inggris
Suatu hari, ada seekor monyet. Ia ingin menyeberangi sungai. Di sana ia melihat buaya sehingga ia meminta buaya untuk membawanya kesisi lain dari sungai itu. Buayapun setuju dan mengatakan kepada monyet untuk melompat di punggungnya. Kemudian buaya berenang menyusuri sungai dengan monyet di atas punggungnya.
Akan tetapi saat buaya itu merasa sangat lapar, ia berhenti di tengah-tengah sungai dan berkata kepada monyet, “Ayah saya sangat sakit. Dia harus makan jantung monyet supaya bisa sehat kembali. ”
Saat itu, monyet itu ada dalam situasi yang sangat berbahaya. Ia harus berpikir keras. Kemudian ia memiliki ide yang bagus. Iapun mengatakan kepada buaya supaya berenang kembali ke tepi sungai. “Apa?” Tanya buaya. “Karena aku tidak membawa hati saya,” kata monyet. “Aku meninggalkannya di bawah pohon, dekat pohon kelapa, di tepi sungai itu.”
Buayapun setuju dan berbalik, berenang kembali ke tepi sungai. Begitu sampai di tepi sungai, monyetpun melompat dari punggung buaya. Kemudian ia naik ke atas pohon.
“Dimana hatimu?” Tanya buaya. “Dasar buaya bodoh,” kata monyet. “Sekarang saya bebas dan tetap mempunayi jantung.”
Oleh : Winarsih, S.Pd.I.
