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M0NKEY BUSINESS

Not unnaturally, a tree constantly stripped of its leaves, never bore fruit.
If Bojog was dissastified with life in the old days - he was positively livid now.
"Why do you do this crazy thing" he screamed, leaping angrily from branch to branch in the Forest, and shaking his fist at the goat. "What about my bananas"

"That, my friend, is your problem," retorted the goat. "Surely you remember our agreement - when the fruit comes, it is all yours - but, meantime, stop getting your testicles in a tangle, and don't grudge me my share."
And with this, the goat turned his back on the irate monkey and commenced munching yet another leaf off the unfortunate banana tree.

THE THREE BROTHERS AND THEIR MARVELLOUS POWERS

"I have been busy at my new studio near the Monkey Forest," said Atjin, dropping into a chair beside me, as I sat listening to some of the boys playing the tinklik in the Tjampuhan bar.
"But I promised to tell you another of our folk stories, and here it is."
With the tinklik playing softly in the background, Atjin began his tale: There were once three brothers, whose father called them together when they were very young and said: "My sons, I am poor, and I have nothing to give you, but, if you will follow my advice now, you will want for nothing when you are older. Remember, it's not what you have, but what you do with it, that counts. Concentrate on one thing, and one thing only, practice it every day, and you will reap a rich reward."

The eldest son, whose name was Kecosan Embung, thought long and deeply over his father's words. What was there for him to practice at Their humble home was-bare, and there was nothing in their courtyard, except a tiny bamboo tree, only a few inches tall. Then Kecosan recalled that bamboo". Well, that was what he his name meant "jump over would practice. Every day he would jump over the bamboo tree and as the tree grew he would learn to jump higher. and higher. and higher.

Years passed, Kecosan Embung grew from a small boy, to a teenager, to a young man, and every day, many, many times, he continued practising jumping over the bamboo, which in turn grew, and grew, and grew, until its top was out of sight; and still the eldest son succeeded in jumping right over it.
Of course, the second son had nothing to assist him - his brother had already claimed the bamboo.