Grandma's Stories----Naughty Monkey !!

Long long ago in a big and dense forest there lived many animals.There lived some saints as well in that forest to do hard prayers.They all have small huts.and because of their spiritual power no wild animal could harm them.The life of everyone was going on in a smooth way,most of the times the holy sound of their mantras could be heard and the smoke of the hawan kund could be viewed.But since last three months they all have been feeling disturbed because of a monkey who had come there from another jungle.He was a very naughty monkey and doing pranks with every one was his hobby.He used to break eggs of some birds intentionally,or break their nests,or spoil their houses,some times he threw stones on them and make them hurt,even the Lion was also irritated by him because he used to pluch his hair of the Lion’s mane and then quickly jumped up on the higher branch,beyond the reach of the Lion.All the saints were watching his activities but still they did not punish him.But one day he did a blunder,While all the saints were doing Yagya{Hawan} together,he threw some dirt in the fire place{hawan kund} All the saints looked at him with great anger,but one of them who was the senior one,raised his hand towards,whispered some words,and surprise the monkey turned into a young boy,he climbed down and bowed his head towards all the saints and asked them to order some work,the senior saint asked him to clean the fire place and make newone,he did it,he forgot everything about his past.Now he started doing all works of all saints,never did any wrong to any animal of the forest,The animals became happy that the naughty monkey vanished.Two years passed this way,One day the senior saint asked him ,” Are you happy with your life ?”and “What is your greatest wish?”He said,”I am not happy because I get tired doing works for every body “”And Yes I wish I could be a Monkey”The Saint smiled he raised his hand whispered some words the boy turned into a Monkey again,he slowly climbed up the tree,The Animals got shocked seeing him again but got more surprised to see that he is now a very good and very helpful Monkey,He then became dear to all.

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