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A king’s beloved pet monkey, in an attempt to swat a bothersome fly off the sleeping king’s head, wielded a sword, accidentally striking and severely wounding the king when the fly moved. The story teaches that befriending foolishness ultimately leads to one’s own harm.

The king and monkey’s story

Hello friends, today I’m going to tell you a story about a king and his monkey. There once was a king who had a pet little monkey. He had been raising that monkey from a very young age. The monkey was very dear to the king. He kept it with him all the time. He would feed it and play with it. The monkey also lived very lovingly with the king.

One day, after eating lunch, the king felt very sleepy, so he went to his chamber to sleep. At that time, the monkey also went with him into the chamber. After the king fell asleep, a fly came and sat on the king’s head. Seeing this, the monkey thought that the king’s sleep would be disturbed, and the monkey started shooing the fly away. The fly flew away but after a while came and sat on the king’s nose. The monkey shooed it away, but the fly, after flying, kept coming back and sitting on the king.

Seeing this, the monkey got very angry. He thought, “I’ll take care of this fly,” and he went inside and brought a very big sword, thinking that today he would kill the fly. The fly flew and came and sat on the king’s chest. As soon as it sat on his chest, the monkey attacked the fly with his sword. But the fly flew away. The sword struck the king’s chest, and the king suffered a very big wound.

What do you learn from this story? This story tells us that if you befriend foolishness, the loss will be yours. I hope you liked this story. We will meet again with another story. Goodbye.