The Turtle and the Monkey - Inspire readers with this 1-page reading passage based on a popular folktale from the Philippines.

“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.

That was why the Turtle chose it for his hiding-place.

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