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The Monkey Bridge

Once, in the mountains of the Himalaja, a giant monkey ruled over eighty
thousand monkeys. Through the rocks, where they lived, flows the Ganges, before
reaching the valley where the cities lie. And there, where the sparkling water falls
from rock to rock, stood a magnificent tree. In spring it carried tender white flo-
wers; and later he was laden with such wonderful fruits, as there were no others,
and the sweet winds of the mountain gave them the sweetness of honey..

How happy were the monkeys! They ate from the fruits and lived in the sha-
dow of the wonderful tree.

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