Short story of monkey and crocodile

A long time ago , there was a monkey who lived in rose - apple tree by the side of a river. He lived alone, but he was very happy. One day , a crocodile came out of the river. He swam up to the tree and told monkey that he had travelled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him a few rose- apples . The crocodile thanked him and asked him if he could visit the monkey again . " you are always welcome ," said the monkey. After that , the crocodile started visiting the monkey every day. They would share rose- apples and talk about other or everything they knew. The crocodile told the monkey that he had a wife and they lived on the other side of the river. So the generous monkey plucked many rose - apples and gave them to the crocodile for his wife The crocodile 's wife loved the rose- apples , but she grew jealous of her husband spending so much time away from her, in the company of his new friend. She pretended as if she did not believe that her husband , a crocodile could be a friends with a monkey. The crocodile convinced her of his friendship with the monkey. The crocodile's wife though to herself, " if the monkey eats only these sweet rose - apples, his flesh must be sweet too. He would be delicious Dinner . " So she asked her husband to invite his friend home so that she could meet him. But the crocodile was not happy about inviting his friend home. So the wife thought of a plan . She pretended to be very ill and told the crocodile that the doctor had said that she could get well only if she ate a monkey's heart. The her husband wanted to save her life, he must bring his friend's heart .