Rama and Hanuman in the Orchard

Rama, looking for food in the forest, found an orchard guarded by a ferocious monkey: Hanuman. They fought, and Rama knocked Hanuman unconscious.
When Shiva saw this, he grew angry. "How dare you!" he shouted, and so Shiva fought Rama. The fight went on and on.
Shiva's wife Parvati then told them to stop. "You are both part of the One!" she reminded them. "There is no need to fight."
Hanuman then regained consciousness and apologized to Rama. "My monkey-nature made me do it," he said.
Rama gladly embraced Hanuman, and so Hanuman, with Shiva's blessing, became Rama's devoted ally.

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Inspired by:  A Hanuman tale reported by Philip Lutgendorf: Hanuman's Tale, story 9 — Meeting Rama in the Forest.
Notes:  In the original story, Lakshmana came to the orchard first and Hanuman knocked him out; Rama then came looking for his brother. This is another one of the legends that associates Hanuman and Shiva; this story is not found in Valmiki's Ramayana. Parvati is Shiva's wife. Pattanaik also reports this story in his book Sita. In the version he reports (from the Mewati Jogis of Rajasthan and their son "Lanka Chadhai"), Hanuman first fights Lakshmana and swallows him! Shiva then fights Rama, but Rama's touch cures Shiva of a skin disease, who then offers Rama two boons: Rama asks that Lakshmana be restored and that Hanuman become his ally.

(Rama and Hanuman)