The Lying Monkey

There once was a group of monkeys, who all lived on a very small island. The monkeys were beginning  to outgrow this island, so they decided to vote for two leaders to find them a new home. They elected to biggest monkey named Sal and the smartest monkey named Steve. Sal and Steve seemed like the perfect team to find the monkeys a new home. The leaders set out on a search for that ideal place. As they sailed along in the sea Steve asked Sal if he had ever been off the island before because he seemed really scared for being such a big, strong, tough monkey.

Sal replied, "Well yes of course! I have been to the farthest waters and the scariest jungles. I once fought off a huge lion on the main land."

"Good I thought we were both going to being inexperienced on this journey. That makes me feel a lot safer that you've been to some of these places before, OH! Look! there's an island over there. its seems much larger than what we are living on now. Should we go check it out?"

"Uh. o-o-oh okay sure if you really want to."

Steve smiled and said, "Alright lets go."

As the monkeys docked their small boat and hopped off onto the island, they heard a loud sound. Sal hesitated to continue walking.

"Oh, come on it's probably nothing," Steve said feeling less and less safe under the protection of Sal.

They got deeper in to the forests and the sound became a distint roar, a roar of a lion. Steve was surre that the lion would do them no harm as long as he stayed behind Sal. Sal hoped that they wouldn't come in contact with the lion.

He spoke to soon, minutes later their was the lion, just feet away from them.

"Come on Sal!! Beat him up! He's going to eat us for lunch!!"

"About that... Steve, I have a confession..."

All Steve could do was give him a look of dissapointment and fear.

Sal continued, "I never have once fought a lion, neither have I ever been off of our island. I'm sorry."

Steve couldnt even reply, the lion pounced on him and Sal with great force. They were both killed and eaten. Their story is told to show that lying is never a good thing. it'll get you no where in life, it will only dig you a deeper whole everytime.