Atondido Stories
monkey, "you can hide here under my bed."
The hen hid under the monkey's bed and the monkey in a
weak, low voice invited the fox to enter. The monkey told the fox
how very ill he was and the fox was very sorry for him.
At three o'clock the dog came and knocked at the door. The
fox was frightened almost to death. "Never mind," said the mon-
key; "hide here under my bed and everything will be all right."
The fox hid under the monkey's bed and the monkey, in a
low, weak voice, invited the dog to enter. The monkey told the
dog how very sick he was and the dog was very sorry for him.
At four the tiger came and knocked at the door. The dog was
frightened almost to death. "Never mind," said the monkey.
"Hide here under my bed and everything will be all right."
The dog hid under the monkey's bed. Then the monkey invited
the tiger to enter. He told, the tiger how very sick he was but the
tiger was not at all sorry for him. He sprang at the bed, demand-
ing in a loud, fierce voice that the monkey pay back the meal at
once, as he had promised to do. The monkey escaped to the tree
tops, but the bed broke down under the tiger's weight.
Then the fox ate up the hen and the dog ate up the fox and
the tiger ate up the dog. The tiger is still trying to catch the mon-
key.
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