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Monkey
and Crocodile King'ang'i
na Iguna narrated
by Paul Njuki
Some
time long ago, Crocodile and Monkey were
very great friends. Crocodile lived in the
river and Monkey lived on a tree which was
there at the bank of the river.
One day, Crocodile invited Monkey to his
home for a feast. However, Monkey asked
Crocodile how he could reach his home and
yet he did not know how to swim. "Aaa!
That is no problem!" Crocodile told
Monkey. "I'll just carry you on my
back and swim with you!"
Monkey agreed. On the appointed day, Monkey
lay on Crocodile's back as they had agreed.
Crocodile started swimming.
Crocodile swam and swam. They went, they
went. Just as they reached the middle of
the river, very far from the bank of the
river, Crocodile coughed a little and said
to Monkey: "Eee! Do you know? Our king
is very sick and he has been told that he
would only get well if he ate the heart
of Monkey. Now I am just taking you for
your heart to be removed so that our king
can eat it and get cured."
Monkey was so shocked that he nearly fell
off Crocodile's back. But Monkey was not
a fool the way Crocodile thought. When he
had swallowed the words Crocodile had told
him, he said "Aaa! My good friend!
Have you never known that monkeys leave
their hearts on top of the tree? Now the
only thing we can do is to go back so that
I can get you my heart if that is what you
wanted!"
So Crocodile turned and started swimming
back to the river banks where Monkey lived.
When Monkey was put down, he climbed up
the tree very nicely just like a person
who was going to take his heart and then
go back for them to continue with their
journey.
Now Monkey picked a raw yage fruit [a wild
fruit that grows in Embu and Mbeere]. He
told Crocodile, "My good friend, open
your mouth I throw my heart so that it doesn't
drop on the ground and get spoilt!"
Crocodile opened his mouth. Monkey threw
the yage fruit, kabakabakabakaba! Puku puku
puku! The yage fruit found Crocodile's teeth
waiting for it. In the end the yage fruit
broke Crocodile's teeth until all of them
scattered on the ground.
Monkey laughed very hard and asked Crocodile,
"You big fool! Have you ever heard
of a person who moves around without his
heart?"
