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

by Alka Joshi

Be humble for you are made of earth Be noble for you are made of stars.

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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

I remember that story from my childhood

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.

Must share story with Ian

what Le Corbusier has done in Chandigarh.”