Source: Story
By: Ellen C. Babbitt
In this story there is a group of monkeys who are led by a chief monkey. They loved to enjoy the mangos from the mango tree. One day the king and his fisherman discover the mango fruit and enjoy it. They stay to enjoy the fruit and when they see the monkeys they get ready to shoot them with their arrows. This way they can eat the monkeys and the mangos. The chief vows to save his troop. He finds a branch that is almost close enough to another tree to get across but he knows that some monkeys might not be able to make it all the way across and will instead fall into the river and drown.
He uses his own back to form a bridge between the trees and save his whole troop. The king sees this sacrifice and vows to protect the monkey chief for the rest of his life.
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| Source: The Chief Monkey, Jataka |
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