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How the Monkey Saved the Antelope from Death · African Jungle Tales

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Section twenty six of African Jungle Tales by Carl Bender. This LibriVox recording is
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in the public domain. How the monkey saved the antelope from death. The
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python one day posted himself near a trail where the animals of the forest were
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accustomed to pass on their way to the river, and he cried with a
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loud voice and threatened to catch them. And he did catch a straggler the
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dwarf antelope, and said that he would swallow him just as he was hide
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and hair, head and tail all in a lump. At this critical moment,
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the monkey happened to come along. On seeing him, the antelope called
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to him at the top of his voice. Friend, the python has caught
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me, and he threatens to eat me up. The monkey, on hearing
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this, said to the python, now tell me your side of the story.
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I have caught him, and I shall certainly eat him up, answered
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the python. For land's sakes, do open your hands when you talk,
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and don't act like an old one woman, said the monkey. Then the
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python felt ashamed and loosened his coils. The antelope understood, quick as a
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flash, he extricated himself and fled. The monkey also sped away, glad
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that he had been the means of saving his little friend the antelope from certain
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death. Author's note wa Kwamie and of Section twenty six read by Lord Gibbs