The Tragic Friendship

Assalamualaikum... May peace be upon you.

Here is a story of a monkey and a chicken.

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Once, there lived a monkey. Just a normal monkey, no other adjectives added. Lets assume that the monkey is a 'He'. He lived under a mangosteen tree, with chain around his neck. But, he still could freely climbed the tree. He used to eat the fruit and threw the fruit leftover on the ground. Then, there was a chicken. Just a normal chicken who would ate the leftover. 


After a while both of them became a good friend. The monkey would throw some fruits onto the ground so that the chicken could eat them. He also used to search for fleas that lived on the chicken's feather, and she seemed to enjoy it. Sometimes, the owner of the monkey discovered that the monkey would carry the chicken with his hand and brought her to the top of the tree, where they would sleep together, side by side. This friendship remained for some good time. 


One fine day, the owner of the monkey came back from his work. He found that the chicken's wing was twisted. He knew that she must be in great pain. So, the monkey's owner brought this pity chicken back to her owner. But, she still miss her friend. She put a lot of effort to climb up the cage where she was put in. Both of them were reunited. And they lived happily for the next few days.


 It was the day when the owner of the monkey receive a great shock. He was just getting out of his car when he saw the monkey was sitting ON his friend. She was dead!! Her neck was twisted over by the monkey. The owner knew it was the monkey who did it, because he knew that the monkey was a bit rough, even though with his own good friend.


And the monkey lived happily ever after in his own lonely world.
The end.

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This is based on a real story experienced by my ES lecturer. I find it quite interesting and humorous, of course. I do think that this kind of friendship does exist, isn't it? Not to the extend of killing someone, but  there are friends who are willing to hurt their friend in order to achieve their own dreams, whether it is unintentionally or not. We're not alert enough to sense something bad is happening, which could threaten our friendship. We did a lot of jokes, arguments, critics, and sharing but still we didn't care enough for our friend's feeling. It is like a virus, which is spreading without your concern and at some particular time it will kill you. It is like a time bomb, which is always counting the time to explode.
So, my last word for today is : Watch your words. Think before you talk. Do care about other's feeling. Better keep silent than say something that could offend others. And do cherish your friendship. :)

** Note that the sex of the two animals is just made by the author. Just for the sake of better understanding.