A TRADITIONAL STORY REBORN
Monkey and the Crocodile Session The monkey and the crocodile story was taken up as a stimulus with one of the classes for Philosophy for Children session. We proceeded with the steps as always where earlier week's 'Thought for the Week' was discussed, 'Focusing' excercise was conducted and then we proceeded to the story - Monkey and the Crocodile. The story is an old school fable and has been narrated since time immemorial. We all would also be aware of this story. The story can be summarised in brief as follows: There was a monkey and there was a crocodile, they were really good friends. Monkey knew how to climb a tree but did not know how to swim. Crocodile knew how to crawl and swim but did not how to climb. Once, the crocodile invited the monkey for lunch over the other bank of the river. Monkey wondered how do I travel? The crocodile offered a lift. In the middle of the river, crocodile gave the monkey a shock. 'Our king needs a monkey's heart, I a...