greed and was very well pleased, but
she managed to conceal her joy. The monkey planted his part, the top
of the tree; and the turtle planted hers, the roots. The monkey's plant
died; but that of the turtle grew, and in time bore much fine fruit.

One day, since the turtle could not get at the bananas, she asked
the monkey to climb the tree and bring down the bananas. In return
for this service she offered to give him half the fruit. The monkey
clambered up the tree, but he ate all the fruit himself: he did not
give the turtle any. The turtle became very angry, waiting in vain;
so she collected many sharp sticks, and stuck them in the trunk of the
tree. Then she went away. When the monkey slid down to the ground,
he injured himself very badly on the sharp sticks; so he set off to
find the turtle and to revenge himself.

The monkey looked for a long time, but finally found the turtle under
a pepper-plant. As the monkey was about to strike her, she said,
"Keep quiet! I am guarding the king's fruits."

"Give me some!" said the monkey.

"Well, I will; here are some!" said the turtle. "But you must promise
me not to chew them until I am far away; for the king might see you,
and then he would punish me." The monkey agreed. When the turtle was
a long way off, he began to chew the peppers. They were very hot,
and burned his mouth badly. He was now extremely angry, and resolved
that it would go hard with the turtle when he should catch her.

He searched all through the woods and fields for her. At last he
found her near a large snake-hole. The monkey threatened to kill the
turtle; but she said to him, "Friend monkey, do you want to wear the
king's belt?"

"Why, surely! Where is it?" said the monkey.

The turtle replied, "It will come out very soon: watch for it!" As
soon as the snake came out, the monkey caught it; but the snake
rolled itself around his body, and squeezed him nearly to death. He
finally managed to get free of the snake; but he was so badly hurt,
that he swore he would kill the turtle as soon as he should find her.

The turtle hid herself under a cocoanut-shell. The monkey was by this
time very tired, so he sat down on the cocoanut-shell to rest. As he
sat there, he began to call loudly, "Turtle, where are you?"

The turtle answered in a low voice, "Here I am!"

The monkey looked all around him, but he saw nobody. He thought that
some part of his body was joking him. He called the turtle again,
and ag