When they reached the town, every person went to riders in the storm to give their regards. Fables 77 The Turtle and the Monkey There was once a turtle and a monkey who went to make a clearing. The monkey did not work, riders in the storm the turtle was the one which cleared the land. When one day passed, "Let us go to plant," said the turtle. They went, and banana was what they went to plant. The turtle planted his in the clearing, but the monkey hung his in a tree when he went to climb. When they arrived where they had planted, the monkey saw that his banana was dry, but that which the turtle had planted bore ripe fruit.