One day, some monkeys are playing in a tree near a lake. They are having a goodtime. Suddenly a little monkey cries. “Look. the moon has fallen into (掉进) the water!” They look at the moon in the lake and shout. “The moon did fall into the lake! Come on! Let’s get it out!”
The little monkey hangs (悬挂) from the tree by his tail. Then each monkey hangs from the other by his legs. At last they get to the water, but they still cannot get the moon out. Another little monkey finds half a gourd (葫芦) to get the moon. At that time all the monkeys come for the moon. But the gourd drops and the moon is “broken”. The monkeys are very sad. But when they look up, they find the moon is still high up in the sky.
1.Some monkeys are playing with water near the lake.