The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

by Alka Joshi

Our first story is the tale of the monkey and the crocodile, who start out as friends. But the crocodile’s wife decides she wants to eat the monkey’s heart, so the crocodile invites his friend to dinner. The monkey readily hops onto the crocodile’s back. But on the river, the crocodile confesses that he means to kill him, so his wife can eat his heart. The monkey tells the crocodile he always leaves his heart on his tree and they will have to go back to get it. Of course, as soon as they reach land, the monkey climbs his tree, saving himself, and the crocodile loses a friend.