Bedtime story for children in the Year of the Monkey: Monkeys also have dreams

Everyone has his or her ideals, even babies have them, but they change as they grow up. Today I bring you a bedtime story for children in the Year of the Monkey: Monkeys also have ideals.

A group of monkeys lived in the mountains and led a carefree life.

There is a river beside the mountain, and there is a fruit forest on the other side of the river. Monkeys often go there to pick fruits to eat. However, due to the obstruction of the river, it is very difficult for monkeys to cross the river. Sometimes when the river is not full, they can wade across the river to pick fruits, but once the river is full, they have no way to cross the river and can only helplessly look at the fruits on the other side of the river...

How can we cross the river safely to pick fruits? They are delicious! Almost all the monkeys were thinking about this problem, but no one of them came up with a solution.

At this time, a monkey who had learned skills in Nanshan came over and said to the elder: I have thought of a way to cross the river.

Elder: What method?

The young monkey whispered to the elder and told the old monkey his idea in detail. The old monkey was very happy and said: This is a good idea! You should design it quickly!

So the young monkey immersed himself in designing.

There is a lot of rain in the mountains, which is prone to mudslides. On this day, the mountain wind blew and thunderstorms came. Soon the heavy rain flooded the entire mountain forest. The monkeys hid in the cave, guarding their nests and not coming out.

The young monkey ignored all this and continued measuring by the river.

However, an unfortunate thing happened. The heavy rain triggered a landslide, and the mud and rock flow rushing down the mountain destroyed the monkeys' nests! Of course, this also included the nest of the young monkeys who were doing the design.

When the young monkey dragged his tired body back to his nest, he found that his nest was gone and the place where his nest was had become a flat land!

The young monkey stood in the rain in agony, letting the wind and rain soak him thoroughly! He was extremely depressed and in a very bad mood... He didn't even have a nest, so what was the point of designing? Forget it, just wander around!

At this time, the elder appeared, holding a very large banana leaf in his hand.

The elder covered the young monkey's head with a banana leaf and said, "Child, come here and hide here. Don't be sad, child, we can still build a nest if you don't have one."

The young monkey looked at the elder with emotion, tears flashing in his eyes.

Elder: Just design it with all your heart, and we will help you build it! Remember, designing something to cross the river is your ideal, and it is also our ideal! Go ahead, do it with confidence, don’t think about anything, we will prepare food, drink, and sleep for you!

The young monkey nodded, and went into the wind and rain again, to the riverside...

Here, the elder called on everyone to help the young monkeys build a nest.

Some monkeys were unwilling to do it and said: "Why should we help him build a nest? We haven't even built our own nest yet!" It's really funny. What's so great about him that he needs us to help him build a nest?

The elder said seriously: Listen everyone, he is trying to build a cableway across the river, so that we can cross the river and pick fruits after crossing the river... You should understand this principle, right?

Under the persuasion of the elders, everyone helped the young monkey build a very good nest.

At night, the young monkey returned to his den and sat on the dry and warm bed, moved to tears! He vowed to come up with the design as soon as possible!

Soon, the young monkey's design was really completed.

After everyone's efforts, the monkeys finally built a rainbow-like ropeway across the river. From then on, they could easily cross the river to pick delicious fruits...