MONKEY KEEPS QUIET
Lion loved bananas. But he didn't want the other animals to know. After all, lions
eat meat. Not bananas.
Each day Monkey picked some bananas. He would climb on Lion's back. They
would run off and hide in the tall grass. There they would eat the bananas.
But Monkey always talked too much. Monkey would cry, "Lion, you're too fast!
Help, I'll fall! I can't stay on. Please slow down."
Lion couldn't stand all this noise. One day he said, "Don't talk today.
"But-
"Now a word," Lion said. So Monkey didn't talk.
Lion went on. At last they reached a good hiding place.
*That's good, Monkey, Lion said. "You didn't say a word.”
"I wanted to," Monkey said. "I wanted to say something when I dropped the
bananas back there."
Questions:
How Well Did You Understand?
Read each question. Write a or b.
1. What did Lion learn in this story?
a. That sometimes it pays to listen b. That sometimes it's fun to laugh
2. What did Monkey do in this story?"
a. He told the other animals about Lion.
b. He did just what Lion told him to do.
3. What was Lion's secret?
a. That Monkey was his friend b. That he liked to eat bananas
4. What happened because Monkey didn't talk?
a. Lion had no bananas to eat. b. Lion and Monkey got lost.
5. What kind of story is this?
b. A sad story
a. A funny story