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The Kind Monkey and the Greedy Lion

Once upon a time in a jungle, there lived a kind and generous monkey.

Green jungle with a happy Green monkey swinging on a tree, wearing a red hat. swinging on a tree.

One day, the monkey saw a lion trapped in a hunter's net.

Golden Golden lion with a royal crown on its head. struggling in a net with trees in the background.

The monkey felt sorry for the lion and decided to help him.

Smiling Green monkey swinging on a tree, wearing a red hat. cutting the net with a golden Golden lion with a royal crown on its head. beside him.

The lion was grateful and promised to repay the monkey someday.

Smiling Golden lion with a royal crown on its head. and Green monkey swinging on a tree, wearing a red hat. shaking hands under a sunny sky.

Years later, the lion encountered the monkey again.

Green grassland with a Golden lion with a royal crown on its head. approaching a Green monkey swinging on a tree, wearing a red hat. sitting on a tree.

The lion had become the king of the jungle and wanted the monkey as his servant.

Crown-wearing Golden lion with a royal crown on its head. demanding Green monkey swinging on a tree, wearing a red hat.'s service with other animals watching.

But the monkey reminded the lion of their past, and the lion remembered his promise.

Happy Green monkey swinging on a tree, wearing a red hat. reminding Golden lion with a royal crown on its head. of their previous encounter.

The lion apologized and realized that true power came from kindness, not domination.

Lion sitting beside a smiling Green monkey swinging on a tree, wearing a red hat., plants surrounding them.

Reflection Questions

  • Why did the monkey help the lion?
  • What did the lion want from the monkey when he became the king of the jungle?
  • What did the lion learn in the end?

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