The king and his monkey friend

In ancient times there was a king. His name was Agrpanthaka Sen. The king was brave and peace loving. He always helped the needy and everyone was happy during his reign. His best friend was a wise monkey , Batuknath. The king always accompanied by his monkey friend everywhere.

Once, a saint came to meet the king. He told the king that a giant is stealing food from everyone but no one dares to stop him because he is so big. He described that the giant has spike like big fangs, Big elephant like ears and big claws. The Saint requested the king to help him.

After hearing about the giant , Agrpanthaka assured the saint that he will help him and capture the king. But the giant was too big and powerful. Thus the king decided to seek help of his monkey friend Batuknath. he explained everything to Batuknath. He smiled and asked the king to take him as well when he’ll go to capture the giant. Next day the king and his monkey friend went to capture the giant. On their way Batuknath advised the king to buy atrumpet, some crackers, a big carpet, and some spear spikes. King didn’t know why his friend made him buy those things.

After a long journey of weeks they finally arrived the lair where that giant was living. Inside the lair the big giant was sleeping. Batuknath asked the king to hide somewhere and king did so. Then Batuknath started playing the trumpets they brought on their way. Since trumpets were loud the giant woke up from sleep. He asked angrily “ who is it ?” , Batuknath again blowed the trumpet and relied “ Ha Ha Ha Ha I am the king of Giants, I have come here to teach you a lesson. You are a thief…what a shame !, batuk further said “I am waiting for you outside your lair…..since I am so big I cannot enter your lair. But when you’ll come outside I will capute you. Hahahahahahah”. After hearing this the giant got sacred a bit and decided not to go outside. The giant asked the batuk that if he is the giant king himself then show him some proof. Batuknath already knew it would happen , thus he threw spear spiked into lair and said “ See….these are my teeth. Hahahahaha”. After seeing the spikes the giant started to panic.Then Batuknath lighted some crackers , after hearing loud bangs of crackers the giant asked from inside “w..what is happening ?”. Batuknath answered growling “ I was just clapping because I am so happy that I will capture you today…baahahahahahahaha”. After hearing this the giant got too scared that he started crying. He pled Batuknath while crying “buhuhuuuuu….please forgive me O King. I will stop stealing things from people”. Now Batuknath got his chance and said “baahahahahaha…alright poor giant. I can forgive you but you have to come outside. And keep your eyes close. I am very-very scary , If you’ll see me you”ll loose consciousness.

So the giant came outside while keeping his eyes closed. The moment he came outside King Agrpanthak seized the giant with carpet and took him to his prison. The king thanked his monkey friend Batuknath for his intelligenceAppu was walking with his grandfather when he got tired his grandfather took him under a tree and they sat under the shadow of tree. Suddenly Appu said -“I wish tree could walk”. Then we could sit under its shadow anywhere. His grandfather smiled and said “indeed it would be amazing. But trees don’t walk”. Under the tree shadow Appu started dozing and soon slept. In his dream he saw that trees could walk