The Monkey and The Chicken Story

It is said that in an area there lived a monkey who befriended a chicken. But unfortunately, monkeys have a bad character, they often bully chickens.

One sunny afternoon, as usual the monkey took the chickens for a walk. "Chickens, let's take a walk this afternoon to get rid of fatigue." take the monkey.

"Fine. Let's take a walk, Monkey." replied the chicken.

They both took a walk. Towards dusk, the monkey felt very hungry in his stomach and then his ignorant nature emerged. The monkeys catch the chickens and then pluck their feathers. Chickens feel angry with the monkey's behavior.

"Hey monkey what are you doing? I'm your friend why are you always teasing me? Let me go ... let go ...!" shouted the chicken very angrily.

Chicken struggled trying hard to get away from the grip of the monkey. But the monkey didn't care that he kept gripping the chicken by trying to pluck the feathers. With great effort, finally the chicken can escape from the monkey. Chickens immediately ran scared, not sure direction. After being far from the monkey, the chicken went to the riverbank to meet his friend the crab. The chicken also told the monkey's behavior to the crab.

"Really outrageous monkey, he tried to pluck my hair. I don't know what he thought, maybe he wanted to eat me even though I'm his friend." said the chicken to the crab with still panting breath.

Crab as a chicken friend is very angry. Crab can not accept the behavior of the monkey. The crab tells the chickens that they have to pay back the monkey's behavior so that he is deterred.

"Insolent monkey nian. We have to teach him a lesson so that he does not dare to do things again." said the crab.

"What are we going to do to repay the monkey's behavior, you crab? Do you have any ideas?" asked the chicken.

"It's easy, we will take the greedy monkey for a walk using a clay boat across the river. We share tasks, I will make a boat out of clay, while you are a chicken, your job is to persuade the monkey to come with us. middle of the river, I will give a signal for you to make a hole in the boat. " said the crab.

"Okay crab I will persuade the monkey to come with us." said the chicken agreed to the crab plan.

While the crab was making a boat out of clay, the chicken went to the place where the monkey persuaded him to take a walk with them.

"Hey monkey, you are often ignorant of me but you are still my friend after all. I and the crab are about to go for a walk across the river, come with us?" said the chicken to the monkey.

"What's going on across the river hey chicken?" asked the monkey to the chicken.

"Across the river there are lots of fruit. You can eat as much as you like there." said the chicken.

"Oh really, chicken. Okay, I'll come for a walk with you." said the monkey.

Unsuspectingly the monkey walked following the chicken to the riverbank where the crab was waiting for them near his clay boat.

Finally, the three beasts boarded the clay boat. Previously, crab and chicken had agreed to use code words. If the crab says "hole", then the chicken will peck at the wooden boat to make a hole.

After the boat carrying the three of them was in the middle of the river which was running deep again, the crab signaled to the chicken by saying "hole". The chicken understood then immediately pecked the clay boat until it leaked. The monkey knows the boat is leaking. He became very panicked because he could not swim.

"What are you doing, chicken? You want to drown the boat? You know I can't swim!" the monkey was scared to death

The river water very quickly entered the boat through the hole made by the chicken. Finally the boat sank because too much river water entered. The crab can easily swim while the chicken jumps up, flapping its wings and then lands on the other side of the river. Meanwhile, the monkey drowned with a clay boat in the middle of a river with fast water. The monkey who was always ignorant of his own friends and stubborn never wanted to listen to advice, now got his reward.

The story of the monkey and the chicken is a folklore from Southeast Sulawesi. Tells the friendship between monkeys, chickens and crabs. Monkeys are always nosy with chickens, so chickens and crabs conspire to teach the apes a lesson.

More folklore on Southeast Sulawesi:

• La Moelu the Orphan
• The Origin of the Name Mount Mekongga
• The Story of the Monkey and the Chicken