The Monkey’s Heart. Part 2
Vocabulary
- to arrive at/in – прибывать в какое-то место
- Oh banana skins! – Вот незадача! (Восклицание, выражающее досаду при неожиданной ситуации, которая заставляет человека казаться глупым или вызывает у затруднения)
- Where (what) on earth… ! – Где на целом свете… ! (эмоциональное восклицание)
- a request – просьба
- to climb – взбираться вверх
- to reach – достигать
- to confess to – признаваться (кому-то)
When the monkey arrived at the bank, he stood confused. “Oh banana skins! Where on earth is the bridge?”
That’s exactly the kind of question the crocodile had been waiting for. “Hey, monkey! I’ll help you cross the river!”
The monkey was surprised at the kind request and so he agreed. He climbed onto the crocodile’s back and they began to swim across the river, but as they reached the middle, the crocodile confessed to the monkey.
“I’m not really helping you cross the river. In reality my wife wants to eat a monkey’s heart and I will give you over to her.”