A monkey, looking very sad and dejected, was walking along the bank of the river one day

when he met a
turtle.

Iti maysa nga aldaw, naliday ni sunggo nga magmagna iddiay igid ti karayan idi nakita na ni pag-ong

"How are you?" asked the turtle, noticing that he looked sad.

“Kamusta ka? Apay a naliday ka?” dinamag ni pag-ong.

The monkey replied, "Oh, my friend, I am very hungry. The squash of Mr. Farmer were all taken by the other
monkeys, and now I am about to die from want of food."

“Ay gayyem, mabisinak la unay. Diay karabasa a mula ni manong a mannalon ket innala amin dagidiay padak
a sunggo”, sungbat ni sunggo.

"Do not be discouraged," said the turtle; "take a bolo and follow me and we will steal some banana plants."

“Dika maawanan ni namnama gayyem. Mangala ka ti kayo sanak suruten ta inta agtakaw iti mula a saba.”
kuna ni pag-ong

So they walked along together until they found some nice plants which they dug up, and then they looked for
a place to set them. Finally the monkey climbed a tree and planted his in it, but as the turtle could not climb he
dug a hole in the ground and set his there.

Nagkuyog da ngarud nga nagna agginga a nakakita da iti nalalapsat a mula sada ginabot sada nangsarak ti
napintas a pagmulaan. Diay sunggo ket immuli idiay kayo sana immula idiay. Ngem gapo ta saan a maka uli ni
pag-ong ket nagaramid laengen iti abot sana immula.

When their work was finished they went away, planning what they should do with their crop. The monkey
said:

Idi nalpas ti trabaho da ket timmalaw da. Pinanunot da nu ania ti pamay-an da kadagiti maapit da. Kinuna ni
sunggo:

"When my tree bears fruit, I shall sell it and have a great deal of money."

“Inton agbunga dagiti immulak ilakok to tapno maaddaan nak ti kwarta”

And the turtle said: "When my tree bears fruit, I shall sell it and buy three varas of cloth to wear in place of
this cracked shell."

Kinuna met ni pag-ong. “Inton agbunga diay mulak ket ilakok to tapno igatangko iti tallo nga bado nga
usarek ta saan laeng nga daytoy.”

A few weeks later they went back to the place to see their plants and found that that of the monkey was dead,
for its roots had had no soil in the tree, but that of the turtle was tall and bearing fruit.

Napalabas iti mano a lawas ket nagsubli da idiay lugar nga nagmulaan da. Nakigtot da idi nakita da diay mula
ni sunggo ket natay ta awan met ngamin ti daga idiay kayo. Ngem diay bagi ni pag-ong ket nagdakkel ken adu
ti bunga nan.
"I will climb to the top so that we can get the fruit," said the monkey. And he sprang up the tree, leaving the
poor turtle on the ground alone.

“Umuli ak idiay ngato tapno makaala ak iti bunga na,” kuna ni sunggo. Inuli ngarud ni sunggo diay kayon ket
imbati na ni pagong .

"Please give me some to eat," called the turtle, but the monkey threw him only a green one and ate all the ripe
ones himself.

“Ikkan nak met ti kanek gayyem” kinuna ni pag-ong, ngem saan nga nangted ni sunggo. Impurwakanna ketdi
iti berde ta kinnanna amin dagiti naluom.

When he had eaten all the good bananas, the monkey stretched his arms around the tree and went to sleep.
The turtle, seeing this, was very angry and considered how he might punish the thief. Having decided on a
scheme, he gathered some sharp bamboo which he stuck all around under the tree, and then he exclaimed:

Idi ta nakan na amin dagiti naloum, inyunnat ni sunggo dagiti ima na iti kayo sa naturog. Nagpungtot ni pag-
ong a nakakita ken daytoy ket nagpanunot nu kasano na nga dusaen ni sunggo a birkog. Nagala ngarud iti adu
nga natatadem a kayo sana impalawlaw iti puon ti saba tapno saan nga makababa ni sunggo.______
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