A Stupid Monkey This is a story about a monkey . This monkey belongs to an old man. This old man likes the monkey very much. The monkey is very kind. When birds come to the garden, he drives them away . The old man often falls asleep during the day in his chair . Then the monkey sits at the old man’s side and drives the flies from the old man’s face . One hot aftemoon in the summer , the old man was asleep in his chair . A fly come and sat on the end of the old man’s nose . The monkey drove it away . Soon the fly came back and sat on the old man’s nose again . The monkey drove it away . This went on for five or six times . The monkey at last became very angry . He jumped up , ran to the garden and picked up a large stone . The next time that fly came and sat on the old man’s nose , the monkey hit it hard with the stone . He killed the fly , but he also broke the old man’s nose .