I was pushing you

One day a monkey who was very hungry met with a turtle creeping¹ along the road. "My dear Slow Foot, can't you find anything to eat for me?" said the monkey. "O yes, Sly² Head, I can," said the turtle. "Come this way, there is a banana-plant just over there."

 

Soon they came to the banana-plant bearing³ lot of ripe fruit. The monkey climbed the plant, but before he could pick some bananas, the turtle cried, "Run, Sly Head, run! Here comes a man!" Instantly⁴ he came down and ran in a hurry. But the turtle could not run, and she caught the monkey's tail in her mouth and the monkey pulled her away.

 

When they were safe, the monkey said, "Slow Foot, that man did not catch you because I pulled you away." "O no, Sly Head, no!" the turtle said, "you were not pulling me. I was pushing you."

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