There was once a kingdom of monkeys in the forest. The King of the Monkeys
was very very large, and was very kind and wise. One day, the King was
strolling & he noticed mango trees along the side of a river. He also
noticed a human castle downstream. He then ordered the monkeys to remove
all the mangos from these trees, "or there would be diseaster". The monkeys
did not understand the King's intention, but they did as told anyway.
All the mangos were taken off these trees except one. This one was
hidden behind a nest.
One day, this mango was ripe and fell into the river. It flowed downstream
where the human King was having a bath. He noticed the mango & asked the
Prime Minister what it was. The PM told him it was a "mango", a fruit
of wonderful taste. The King then ordered that the mango be cut into
small pieces & he gave a small piece to each of his ministers. When
satisfied that the mango was not poisonous, he ate the rest of it & realized
how tasty it was. He craved for more.
The next day, the human king, with his troops, went upstream to search
for more of these fruits. There were lots of mango trees, but also lots
of monkeys. The human king doesn't want to share the mangos with the
monkeys, so he ordered all of them to be killed. A massacre started.
When the news reached the wise Monkey King, he commented, "The day has finally
arrived". The thousands of monkeys were chased all the way to the edge of
the forest. There was a deep cliff at the edge of the forest, and a
bamboo forest at the other side of the cliff. The Monkey King saw that
if his subjects could cross over to the bamboo forest, they will be saved.
With his huge body, he formed a bridge over the cliff and thousands of
monkeys trampled over him to reach the safety of the bamboo forest. He
endured all the pain. One monkey did not like the King & he saw this as
an opportunity to get even. As he was crossing over the King's body, he
pierced a spear through the King's heart. The King screamed in pain but
endured the pain until all his subjects were safely across. Then he collapsed.
The human king witnessed the whole thing. He was so touched that he
ordered the Monkey King be saved. When the Monkey King recovered his
consciousness, the human king asked him, "You are their King, why
did you bother to die for them?". The Monkey King replied, "Because
I am their King". With that, he died.
The human king was so touched that he decided to be a good king from that
day and he ordered that the monkeys in the bamboo forest be protected
from harm forever.
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