Atondido Stories
Then the monkey who was now very angry, gave the image
of wax a kick with his foot and his foot remained stuck fast in
the wax.
The monkey shouted, "O, peddler boy, peddler boy, let go
my foot. Let go my two feet and my two hands and give me a
banana or else I'll give you a push with my body." The image of
wax did not let go.
The monkey gave the image of wax a push with his body.
His body remained caught fast in the wax.
"O, peddler boy, peddler boy," the monkey shouted, "let go
my body! Let go my body and my two feet and my two hands or
I'll call all the other monkeys to help me!" The image of wax did
not let go.
Then the monkey made such an uproar with his cries and
shouts that very soon monkeys came running from all direc-
tions. There were big monkeys and little monkeys and middle-
sized monkeys. A whole army of monkeys had come to the aid
of the biggest monkey.
It was the very littlest monkey who thought of a plan to help
the biggest monkey out of his plight. The monkeys were to climb
up into the biggest tree and pile themselves one on top of anoth-
er until they made a pyramid of monkeys. The monkey with the
very loudest voice of all was to be on top and he was to shout his
very loudest to the sun and ask the sun to come and help the
biggest monkey out of his dreadful difficulty.
This is what all the big-sized, little-sized, middle-sized mon-
keys did. The monkey with the loudest voice on top of the pyra-
mid made the sun hear. The sun came at once.
The sun poured his hottest rays down upon the wax. After a
while the wax began to melt. The monkey was at last able to pull
out one of his hands. The sun poured down more of his hottest
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