Counting

Crocodiles
Long
Long ago,
ago, there
there lived
lived aa clever
clever
monkey
monkey in in the
the jungle.
jungle. The
The
monkey
monkey loved
loved toto swing
swing from
from
tree
tree to
to tree
tree looking
looking for
for fruits.
fruits.
The
The monkey
monkey loved
loved toto eat
eat the
the nuts
nuts and
and
bananas,
bananas, when
when he he was
was tired,
tired, the
the
monkey
monkey would
would justjust sleep
sleep onon aa tree.
tree.
There
There was
was aa river
river inin the
the jungle.
jungle. And
And
the
the monkey
monkey loved
loved toto drink
drink from
from hishis
river.
river. But,
But, there
there were
were many
many
crocodiles
crocodiles inin the
the river.
river. The
The
crocodiles
crocodiles liked
liked to
to hide
hide behind
behind
rocks
rocks where
where they
they could
could notnot be
be seen
seen..
One
One hot
hot day,
day, the
the monkey
monkey was
was
walking
walking to
to the
the river.
river. He
He saw
saw aa
small
small deer
deer crying
crying behind
behind aa tree
tree
1.Why are you
crying?

2.I
cannot visit
my sick mother
Who lives
across the river.
1.My dear, do you 2.Then, I won’t
know how dangerous to be able to see
cross the river? Cant you my poor mother.
see the hungry crocodiles
behind the rocks?
““Sh……!
Sh……! Let Let me
me think
think for
for aa while.”
while.”
The
The monkey
monkey said
said as
as he
he climbed
climbed up up aa
tree.
tree.
The
The little
little deer
deer sat
sat under
under the
the tree
tree
quietly.
quietly.
““Ah!
Ah! II have
have anan idea!”
idea!” hehe exclaimed
exclaimed as as he
he
jumped
jumped down
down thethe tree.
tree. ““ Come,
Come, let’s
let’s go
go
and
and visit
visit your
your mother,”
mother,” the the monkey
monkey said.
said.
He
He walked
walked towards
towards the
the river
river .The
.The
little
little deer
deer walked
walked slowly
slowly behind
behind the
the
monkey.
monkey. Nearing
Nearing thethe river,
river, the
the
monkey
monkey picked
picked upup aa piece
piece of of stone
stone
!
 “I m
2.

sorry,Mr.
Crocodile.
”
3.“ I threw the stone
to try to find out how
many crocodile are
guarding the river.

1.“Who’s that?
How dare you
disturb my
sleep!”
 1.“But sad to
find out there’s
the only you.”

2.“Is thatso? Here,

see for yourself!
The
The crocodile
crocodile said
said and
and hit
hit his
his tail
tail hard
hard
on
on the
the water.
water. Suddenly,
Suddenly, hundreds
hundreds of of
crocodiles
crocodiles came
came out
out from
from the
the water.
water.
““Great!
Great! Now,
Now, line
line up
up so
so that
that my
my friend
friend
and
and II can
can count
count all
all of
of you,”
you,” shouted
shouted
the
the monkey.
monkey.
“Come,quick,” said the monkey to the deer

“One…
.
Two…..

Three
….

!!
 Soon, the monkey and the deer had reached
the other side of the river.
The crocodiles had been tricked and they
vowed never to trust a monkey ever again.
 The end!
 Make by:
- Sophia Teo Yong Nan (1B)
- Lim Mei Thoong (1B)