Bantu Monkey had a very long tail of at least 10 ft. He has lot of advantage of his long tail . With the help of his long tail, he could swing from one tree to other very easily. He could easily carry bunch of bananas in his tail and jump on to other trees. Whenever he felt like to enjoy swing; he used to swing with the help of his tail When he wanted to enjoy a swing, he used to jump in the river, swinging with his tail.
Many animals admired his long tail but some were jealous as well. Neetu Monkey was one of them. His tail was severed in an accident. Since then he was always jealous of Bantu’s long tail. But Bantu never bothered about other’s reaction about his tail Many a times he had even tried to talk to Neetu but Neetu always ignored him. One day Cheeku Rabbit fell in a pit. Luckily, it was a dry pit. Cheeku shouted many times but nobody heard him. But as the luck would have it, Bantu heard his SOS call, as he was swinging on a branch of a tree. He immediately went near the pit and without wasting any time, lowered his tail in the pit. Cheeku came out of the pit with the help of Bantu’s tail.
Cheeku thanked Bantu for saving his life. When Neetu came to know about it, he felt very jealous. He complained against Bantu to many animals Some Animals who were influenced by Neetu even stopped talking to Bantu, but he knew who was behind all this. He preferred to keep quite. After rains, the roads had become slippery at many places. The jungle had many hilly roads.
Neetu was fond of motor biking. One day he was riding a motor bike on hilly road. He suddenly lost his control and fell down. His motor bike fell deep down the hill. Neetu was scared to death as he too was falling down in the same direction; but he was changing to a protruding rock. Suddenly Bantu and his friends passed through, “Look, Neetu is in great trouble?” Suddenly Bantu saw him.
“Forget about him. Why do you worry for him? As such he always criticized you. Let us go,” suggested few animals and wanted to go away along with Bantu. But Bantu stopped. He said, “You bring some other animals. I will try to save Neetu.” Ant Bantu started climbing down the hill. Lot of small stones were there on the road, which had become very slippery but Bantu was going down carefully.
Neetu was still clinging to a cliff and was fully drenched in sweat. But his strength was giving way. ‘You hold my tail,” said Bantu as he lowered his tail. Neetu while holding the cliff with his one hand held Bantu’s tail with his other hand. The cliff to which he was clinging, suddenly gave way and was disintegrated. This scared Neetu deep down the hill. “Don’t look down, look upwards. You have already held my tail. Nothing will happen to you. I will pull you up. Don’ be afraid. Just keep holding my tail tightly,” Bantu was trying to comfort Neetu again and again.
With Bantu’s suggestion Neetu gather his courage. He held Bantu’s tail tightly. Bantu by then had started pulling him upwards. By then other animals had also arrived They also joined Bantu’s rescue operation and pulled Bantu and Neetu to safety. When Neetu was safe, he saw Bantu’s tail was injured and he was bleeding. “Don’t be scared, I am fine,” sand Bantu laughingly.
“Please forgive me. I had been always criticizing you and your tail. But because of your tail only I am alive.” Neetu’s voice sounded repentance. Bantu immediately hugged Neetu to comfort him.
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