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One day a monkey was playing in a talltree by the river. A mother crocodile* and ababy crocodile were swimming in the river.

They swam slowly*.Suddenly* the mothercrocodile saw the monkey，“Look， dear! There’s amonkey there! He will beour dinner*.”

The mother crocodile said tothe baby crocodile， “My son，do you love me?”“Yes， ofcourse，”the baby crocodileanswered. Then the mothercrocodile said， “Well， I want toeat the monkey’s heart. Canyou go and get it for me?\" \"Allright!”the baby crocodileanswered. The baby crocodile swamnear the river bank*. Heshouted* at the monkey，“Hey， Monkey! Would youlike some bananas? Thereare many banana trees overthere on the other bank ofthe river.” The monkey said，“Bananas? I like them verymuch. But I can’t swim. Howcan I get there?”

The baby crocodile said，“Oh， I can carry* you there.”“Really? Thank you verymuch!”the monkey said.The monkey jumped ontothe baby crocodile’s back.They swam towards* theother side of the river. In the middle of the riverthe baby crocodile dived* intothe water. When he came upagain*， the monkey was wetall over. “Don’t do thatagain， or you'll kill me!” Themonkey shouted. “1 know，but I must do that becausemy mother wants to eat yourheart，” the baby crocodilesaid.

The monkey said “Myme earlier*? I don’t haveit with me. I left it in thattree. We will have to* goback for it!” Then theyswam back. As soon as* they got to the bank， the monkey picked up* a big stoneand climbed up onto the tree quickly. He hung* himself up in the treeand shouted at the baby crocodile，“Don’t you want my heart? Well，catch!”The monkey threw the big stone at the baby crocodile.