Philippine folk story: the story of the monkey tree

one day, the turtle was tanning by the river and suddenly saw something floating towards it.

that thing floated in front of us, and the turtle looked like a banana tree.

jump in, swim to the tree and drag it to shore.

but the roots were dragged to land, and it couldn't.

so he went to find the monkey and brought the monkey to see his baby.

"look, this is the banana tree i pulled out of the river," the turtle said, "please help me carry it to my land, i planted it." but monkeys have their own plans.

and it said, "i'll carry it for you.

give me the points." the turtle says, "you help me, i'll split it equally with you." so monkeys and turtles drag trees into turtle gardens.

the turtle says, "now let's dig a hole and plant the tree." but the monkey said, "that's not gonna work.

we agreed to split it equally." "fine," the turtle said, "let's plant it, wait for the banana to come out, one and a half." "no, no, no, what's the split!" the monkey said, "let's split up, and the tree's split in half." "it's not very smart to split a tree." the turtle answered.

"no matter what, i'll get my share." the monkey said.

tortoises have no choice but to cut the trees in two.

when the monkey saw the first half of it full of green leaves and thought it was the best part, he said, "the first half is mine." it took the top half of the green leaf and planted it in its garden.

the tortoise also planted its half, squeezing the earth.

the tree of the monkey with green leaves soon died.

the tortoise half grew fresh leaves because of the root, and later bananas came out.

bananas are ripe, turtles want to pick, but they can't climb.

so he brought the monkey, asked the monkey to throw the banana down the tree, and he said, "you've worked hard, i can share the banana with you." the monkey climbed up and sat on the top of the tree and tasted the banana again.

tortoises wait down there, but the monkey didn't throw a banana down, just sit there and eat.

"throw some for me, and i'll finish here." the turtle said.

"no, the monkey replied, "you lied to me the last time and gave me a bad tree, and i'm going to eat enough!" the turtle says.

"give you the skin," the monkey said, "throw the banana skin down."。