Summary & Question-answers of The Chapter: 6- The Monkey & the Crocodile with the concerned video

Summary of The Monkey and the Crocodile

This is a story of a friendship between a monkey and a crocodile. A monkey lived alone in a fruit-laden tree on a riverbank. He was very happy but used to feel lonely. He wanted to have someone to talk to.

One day, a crocodile came near that tree and the monkey offered him fruit to eat. The crocodile found it delicious and started coming daily. Soon they became very good friends. They both liked each other’s company.

They discussed everything around them like birds, animals, villagers and their problems. Their closeness grew day by day.

The crocodile did not just eat the fruit himself but also carried some fruits for his wife. But his wife didn’t like his friendship with the monkey. She expressed a wish to eat the monkey’s heart.To keep his wife’s words he invited his friend monkey to have dinner with him. While taking the monkey to his home, he told him the truth about his wife’s wish.

Hearing that the monkey asked the crocodile to go back to the river as he had forgotten his heart on the tree. The crocodile swam back and reached the river bank.

The monkey quickly jumped onto the tree and threw some fruits to the crocodile and bade goodbye to the crocodile.

1.The monkey was happy living in the fruit tree, but his happiness was not complete. What did he miss?

A. He missed a companion. He wanted to have someone to talk to.

2. What did the two friends generally talk about?

A. They talked about birds and animals, villagers and their challenges.

3. Why was the crocodile’s wife annoyed with her husband one day?

A. She was annoyed because he got late and she had to manage the little ones all alone. She wanted to know who was so dear to him.

4. Why was the crocodile unwilling to invite his friend home?

A. He was unwilling because he knew that his wife would eat the monkey and he didn’t want to cheat him.

5. What did the crocodile tell the monkey midstream?

A. The crocodile told his intention of taking him home midstream.He told that his wife wanted his heart to eat.

6. How did the monkey save himself?

A. The monkey saved himself very cleverly in a wise manner. He told him that he had forgotten his heart on the tree.

7. What does the last sentence of the story suggest? What would the crocodile tell his wife?

A.The last sentence suggests that the crocodile repented losing a good friend. He would tell his wife about his foolishness. He would tell her that it was not a wise decision to pay attention to her words and cheat a friend.