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Comprehension

A. Read the story carefully.

The Monkey and the Crocodile

A monkey and a crocodile were good friends. They loved each other’s

company. The monkey lived on a mango tree on the bank of a river. The crocodile
used to take the monkey on his back for a ride around the river.

One day, the crocodile’s wife became seriously ill and was almost dying. An evil
friend told her that her life could be saved if she was fed

a monkey’s heart. Learning this, the wife told her

husband to bring his friend to her so that she could
eat his heart and get well.

The crocodile invited the monkey for dinner.

The monkey happily accepted the offer.
He rode on the crocodile’s back, and

they merrily went off for dinner.

But on the way, the crocodile could
Comprehension
not resist himself from telling the

truth to the monkey. The monkey
was scared to learn about the

danger to his life and was sad to

see the deceit of a good friend. The monkey, in order to save himself, thought
of a plan. He said to the crocodile, “Oh! you should have told me this before.

Yesterday, I kept my heart somewhere on the mango tree. I have forgotten to

bring it.” The crocodile, along with the monkey, returned to the mango tree to
take the monkey’s heart. Reaching the mango tree, the clever monkey climbed

up the tree and broke off his friendship with the crocodile. He had understood

the difference between a good friend and an evil friend.
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