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A turtle and a monkey found a banana tree floating in a river.

"Let’s divide it," said the turtle.

They dragged the tree to shore and cut it into two pieces. Thinking that the top leafy part would grow faster, the monkey took the bigger top half. The turtle wanted the lower part. It looked bad, but it had roots.

After a while, they met.
"How’s your banana tree, Mr. Monkey?" asked the turtle.

"It’s dead," said the monkey. "And how’s yours, Miss Turtle?"

"It’s very nice, but I can’t climb up to gather the bananas," said the turtle.

"I’ll get them for you," said the monkey.

As soon as the monkey saw the big yellow bananas in the tree, he climbed up and began eating them as fast as he could.

"Throw some bananas down for me!" cried the turtle.

With his mouth stuffed, the monkey said, "I'm so hungry, I’m going to eat every one of them!"

The turtle was angry. She gathered up some shells and prickly thorns. She put them all around the banana tree. When the monkey came down, he got cuts and scrapes all over.

Now the monkey was angry.
"That hurts! I’m going to take you to the tallest mountain and throw you down!"

"You can take me to the mountain, but please, please don’t throw me in the river!" said the turtle.

The monkey did just that. He threw the turtle in the river and thought that was the end of her. He didn’t know that water was the real home of turtles. Miss Turtle happily swam away, far from the selfish monkey.

From which country is this folktale?
Africa
Canada
Philippines
Philippines Where did the turtle and the monkey find the banana tree?
on a road
in the forest
in the river
in the river Why did the monkey want the top half of the tree?
It had lots of leaves and would grow faster.
It had no roots.
It was easy to climb.
It had lots of leaves and would grow faster. Why did the turtle's half of the tree grow so well?
It got watered every day.
It was smaller.
It had roots.
It had roots. Why didn't the monkey share the bananas with the turtle?
He wanted them all for himself.
He was very hungry.
Both are true.
Both are true. What did the turtle do to get back at the monkey?
She put shells and thorns around the tree.
She threw him in the river.
She stopped talking to him.
She put shells and thorns around the tree. What did the monkey do that was very selfish?
He yelled at the turtle.
He took the leafy part of the tree.
He didn't share the bananas with the turtle.
He didn't share the bananas with the turtle. Why did the turtle tell the monkey she was afraid of the water?
So he would take pity on her and let her go
to trick the monkey into throwing her in the water, her home
because she really was afraid of the water
to trick the monkey into throwing her in the water, her home

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