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In a forest, there lived a
stork and a monkey. They were

friends and played together

all day.

One day, the stork and
the monkey were si ng on

a tree. They had nothing to

do, so the monkey thought
of a new game. “Let us

have a shou ng compe-

on,” he said to the

stork. “If I yell louder
than you, I win. If you

yell louder, you win.”

The stork thought it
stork : a bird
was a silly game, but s ll
compe on : contest
he agreed. “Very well,” silly : foolish
he said, “You take your turn first.”

The monkey took a deep breath and shouted as loud as he could. He was so
loud that the branches shook with the sound. “Now it’s your turn,” he told the

stork.

The stork was very angry. He opened his beak wide and shouted aloud. He

was so loud that the tree shook with the sound. The monkey was so frightened

that he fell right off the tree to the ground. The ground under the tree was so

and muddy. The monkey sank in the mud upto his nose. The stork just looked at
the monkey and flew away.

The monkey was now in real trouble. He tried and tried, but could not get out
of the mud. “Oh! what shall I do?” he cried. “If nobody pulls me out, I shall die of

hunger.”

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