tale 11 son oft he sun Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

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The son of the sun In the middle of the rainforest, there was a big rock. It was higher than the highest trees and from it, one could see far over the green lawn of trees. One day in the morning, a monkey climbed up the rock in order to warm his back in the sunrays. At the top, he sat down, closed his eyes and began to have a nap. Some animals came by at the foot of the rock and as they could only see the contours of the monkey surrounded by the sunrays, they thought that the son of the sun had come down to them. They collected some fruit, put them down at the foot of the rock, prayed to the contours of the monkey and then left the place. When the monkey opened his eyes again and looked down, he saw the fruit. First, he was surprised but as he was hungry, he went down and ate them. The next morning, the monkey climbed up the rock again, sat down, closed his eyes and even began to pray to the sun because he hoped that he would get some fruit again. As he opened his eyes, he saw some fruit again and was happy. This went on for some time until a small mouse happened to pass by the foot of the rock and saw the monkey eating the fruit. The mouse told the other animals, and the next morning, the animals decided to lay the monkey a trap. When they saw the monkey climbing up the rock, they put some fruits at the foot of the rock, around the fruits a liana and then hid behind some bushes. After some time the monkey came down the rock and began to eat the fruits. Suddenly the other animals pulled the liana and the monkey was hung up on a tree by one of his feet. The animals were very angry, threw fruits at him as he was hanging there and the monkey was very afraid and screamed. The bear was not far away when he heard the tumult and came by. When he arrived, he told the animals to let the poor monkey down and then asked what had happened. Of course, everybody wanted to talk at the same time. The bear gave a big roar and there was silence. Then he asked the oldest animal to tell him the story. "He made us believe that he was the son of the sun sitting up there on the rock surrounded by sun rays. We brought him fruit and he ate them." Then the bear asked the monkey. "Every morning, I went up the rock to warm my back and each time, when I came down, I saw some fruit collected here, so I ate them. After a time, I thought that the sun had given me the fruit, so I even prayed for the fruit." Then, everybody was silent waiting for the bear's reaction. The bear was not a bad animal, but he was hungry and when he saw the fruit, he gave a big roar and all the other animals disappeared in the forest. Then he laughed loudly about the stupidity of the animals and humans and began to eat the fruit. Continue with tale 12!

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