` Pick it up and take it with you . ' ` You are very kind , but I will leave it for you , ' answered the monkey , and nothing more was said about the snake . Not long after this they reached the comrade 's house , and found him just ready to go to bed . So , without stopping to talk , the guests slung their hammocks , the monkey taking care to place his so high that no one could get at him . Besides , he thought it would be more prudent not to fall asleep , so he only lay still and snored loudly . When it was quite dark and no sound was to be heard , the puma crept out to the sheep-fold , killed the sheep , and carried back a bowl full of its blood with which to sprinkle the monkey . But the monkey , who had been watching out of the corner of his eye , waited until the puma drew near , and with a violent kick upset the bowl all over the puma himself . When the puma saw what had happened , he turned in a great hurry to leave the house , but before he could do so , he saw the shepherd coming , and hastily lay down again . ` This is the second time I have lost a sheep , ' the man said to the monkey ; ` it will be the worse for the thief when I catch him , I can tell you . ' The monkey did not answer , but silently pointed to the puma who was pretending to be asleep . The shepherd stooped and saw the blood , and cried out : ` Ah ! so it is you , is it ? then take that ! ' and with his stick he gave the puma such a blow on the head that he died then and there . Then the monkey got up and went to the dairy , and drank all the milk he could find . Afterwards he returned home and married , and that is the last we heard of him . -LSB- Adapted from Folk-lore Bresilien . -RSB- The Knights of the Fish Once upon a time there lived an old cobbler who worked hard at his trade from morning till night , and scarcely gave himself a moment to eat . But , industrious as he was , he could hardly buy bread and cheese for himself and his wife , and they grew thinner and thinner daily . For a long while whey pretended to each other that they had no appetite , and that a few blackberries from the hedges were a great deal nicer than a good strong bowl of soup .
But at length there came a day when the XXXXX could bear it no longer , and he threw away his last , and borrowing a rod from a neighbour he went out to fish .
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