The Monkey and the Crocodile Summary and Solution

The Monkey and the Crocodile Summary and Solution; Class 6 English A pact with the sun

The monkey and the crocodile is an interesting story on how a clever person finds a way in every situation. Please find below the summary and the solution from this chapter.

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The Monkey and the Crocodile Hindi Summary.

Question-answer Solution.

The Monkey and the Crocodile English Summary.

The Monkey and the Crocodile Hindi Summary

एक नदी के किनारे एक पेड़ को बन्दर ने अपना बना लिया था। बन्दर खुश था की उसके पास खाने के लिए ढेर सरे फल थे लेकिन वो उदास रहता था क्योंकि वह कोई और बन्दर या अन्य जीव नहीं थे जिसके साथ वो अपने फल बाँट सके और बात-चीत सके। नदी के अंदर एक मगरमच्छ भी रहता था। दोनों में धीरे-धीरे दोस्ती हो गयी. बन्दर उसे फल दे देता था और बात-चीत करता रहता था।

मगरमच्छ की बीवी का बन्दर का दिल माँगना 

मगरमच्छ फल को खुद खाता था और अपनी पत्नी को भी देता था। दोनों की दोस्ती काफी गहरी गहरी हो गयी थी और बात-चीत कभी ख़त्म ही नहीं होती थी। एक दिन मगरमच्छ को घर आने में देर हो गयी। उसकी बीवी उससे काफी नाराज हो गयी और बन्दर का दिल लाने के लिए कहने लगी। मगरमच्छ ने पहले तो इंकार किया  लेकिन इसके बाद उसकी बीवी बहुत गुस्सा हो गयी और मगरमच्छ से दूर कही छिप गयी। मगरमच्छ बहुत दुविधा में था – एक तरफ उसक दोस्त था कर एक तरफ उसी जीवन-संगिनी।

काफी सोचने के बाद मगरमच्छ सोचा की बीवी बन्दर से ज्यादा ज़रूरी है। वह बन्दर का दिल लाने को तैयार हो गया. उसने प्लान बनाया की बन्दर को वो रात के खाने के बहाने बुला लेगा और उसकी पत्नी बन्दर का दिल ले लेगी।

मगरमच्छ बन्दर के पास गया और बताया की उसकी बीवी ने उसे रात के खाने के लिए बुलाया है। बन्दर ख़ुशी से तैया हो गया। पर एक समस्या थी बन्दर पानी में तैर नहीं सकता था। दोनों ने सुझाव निकला की बन्दर मगरमच्छ की पीठ पर बैठकर मगरमच्छ के घर चला जायेगा। दोनों चलने लगे. नदी के बीच में मगरमच्छ से रहा नहीं गया और सारी बात बता दी.

बन्दर की चालाकी 

अब बन्दर को दर लगने लगा, लेकिन उसने शांत दिमाग से काम लिया।  उसने मगरमच्छ से कहा “मगरमच्छ भाई मैं तो अपना दिल वही पेड़ पर छोड़ आया, अगर पहले बताया होता तो साथ में ले लेता। बीवी के जान के बदले मेरे दिल की कीमत तो कुछ भी नहीं है.

दोनों वापस पेड़ के पास चलते हैं. जैसे ही पेड़ नजदीक आता है, बन्दर उस पर चढ़ जाता है और कहता की ये कुछ फल ले लो, ये दिमाग और शरीर के लिए अच्छा होता है. और बुरा ना मानों तो अब फिर से नहीं मिलना।

उदास मगर पहले से समझदार मगरमच्छ वापस चला जाता है, उसे अपनी बीवी को एक या दो बात बतानी की जल्दी होती है.

कहानी से शिक्षा

हमारे जीवन में भी कई कठिनाइया और गलत हालात हो सकते है। इन सब हलातों में आदमी को भय से समर्पण नहीं करना चाहिए अपितु ठन्डे दिमाग से उसका हल निकलना चाहिए।

Find some good Moral stories in Hindi worth reading from here.

Moral and teaching from the story: In case of difficulties and unpleasant situation we should keep our patience and work with the cool mind.

See also: Chapter 5 Tansen Summary.

The Monkey and the Crocodile MCQ

The Monkey and the Crocodile Question Answer Solution. 

1. The monkey was happy living in the fruit tree, but his happiness was not complete. What did he miss?

The monkey had enough fruits to eat but there was none to share these fruits and talk to him. So, the happiness of the monkey was not complete.

2. What did the two friends generally talk about?

Monkey and the crocodile used to talk about birds and animals, about the nearby villages and the difficulty peoples from these villages face in producing crops due to the lack of rain.

3. Why was the crocodile’s wife annoyed with her husband one day?

The monkey and the crocodile used to talk a lot and their talks never ended. One day crocodile forgot the time while talking and went home very late. Because he was late, his wife became angry with the crocodile.

4. Why was the crocodile unwilling to invite his friend home?

Crocodile and the monkey were deep friends. Monkey used to give the fruits for free to the crocodile. His wife demanded the heart of the monkey. Taking heart could have killed the crocodile. Inviting the monkey for the dinner was a mischievous plant to take the heart of the monkey. So, the crocodile was unwilling to invite the monkey to the home.

5. What did the crocodile tell the monkey midstream?

Monkey kept a cool mind and used his cleverness to escape the danger from the crocodile. He said that he will happily give his heart to the wife of the crocodile, but he has left his heart to the tree only.

6. How did the monkey save himself?

The monkey was in midstream. He was not knowing how to swim, so escaping the crocodile and running away in midstream was futile. He used his cleverness and fooled the crocodile to work in accordance with him.

7. What does the last sentence of the story suggest? What would the crocodile tell his wife?

Most probably he was going to tell his wife that the heart of a monkey does not stay always with the monkey.

The Monkey and the Crocodile English Summary 

A tree on the bank of a river was taken by the monkey. The monkey was happy that he had lots of fruits to eat but he was sad because there was no other monkey or other creature with whom he could share his fruits and communicate. A crocodile also lived inside the river. Gradually the two became friends. The monkey used to give him fruits and kept on talking.

Crocodile wife asks for monkey’s heart

The crocodile used to eat the fruit himself and also gave it to his wife. The friendship of both had become very deep and the conversation never ended. One day the crocodile was late in coming home. His wife got very angry with him and asked him to bring the monkey’s heart. The crocodile refused at first, but after that, his wife became very angry and hid somewhere away from the crocodile. The crocodile was in a lot of dilemma – on one side was his friend and on one side was the same life partner.

After much thought, the crocodile thought that the wife was more important than the monkey. He agreed to bring the monkey’s heart. He made a plan that he would invite the monkey on the pretext of dinner and his wife would take the monkey’s heart.

The crocodile went to the monkey and told that his wife had invited him for dinner. The monkey happily agreed. But there was a problem that the monkey could not swim in the water. Both suggested that the monkey would go to the crocodile’s house by sitting on the crocodile’s back. Both of them started walking. Crocodile did not stay in the middle of the river and told everything.

monkey trick

Now the monkey started feeling the rate, but he acted with a calm mind. He said to the crocodile, “Crocodile brother, I left my heart on the same tree, if I had told earlier, I would have taken it with me. In exchange for the life of my wife, my heart is worth nothing.

Both go back to the tree. As soon as the tree comes near, the monkey climbs up on it and tells it to take some fruit, it is good for the mind and body. And don’t feel bad if you don’t see me again.

The sad but already sensible crocodile goes back, in a hurry to tell his wife a thing or two.

learning from story

There can be many difficulties and wrong situations in our life too. In all these situations, one should not surrender out of fear, but the solution should be found with a cold mind.

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See also: Chapter 5: Tansen Summary, Hindi summary and solution.