Panchatantra Monkey Crocodile

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A monkey on a riverbank shares fruit with a crocodile until the crocodile's wife craves the monkey's heart. Lured onto the crocodile's back midstream and told the plan, the monkey calmly says he has left his heart in the tree and must fetch it; carried back, he leaps to safety. Moral: presence of mind outwits treachery. — Panchatantra (attrib. Vishnu Sharma)