Greedy Monkey makes every effort to cheat Turtle out of the bananas that rightfully belong to her.

Tortoise woke up one morning in Kalakri forest after having a nightmare. He didn't require any encouragement to realise that what can save him from the physical manifestation of the nightmare is God. So, he prayed. Later in the day, he saw the result of his prayer. When he met Monkey shortly after his experience, he knew he had to make Monkey to pray to save himself from harm in the forest. But, the question is whether he can make Monkey see survival from the same perspective.

From time to time since the American occupation of the Islands, Philippine folk-tales have appeared in scientific publications, but never, so far as the writer is aware, has there been an attempt to offer to the general public a comprehensive popular collection of this material.

The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia, ' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied

A rain forest fable from Caldecott medalist Gerald McDermott