"Kill no monkeys," the priest warned the warriors. "If you do, your war-party will fail."
A cowardly warrior planned to kill a monkey; he didn't want to fight.
When they met two monkeys on the way, the coward lagged behind, pretending to tie his sandal. He killed one monkey. The other wept and shrieked, "Curses upon the human who killed you, my brother!"
When the warriors attacked, their weapons were useless. The clubs bounced off their enemies; their arrows were as harmless as flies.
The warriors realized the coward had done this, so they killed him and returned home, defeated.
Inspired by: "The Warriors and the Monkeys" in The Masai: their language and folklore by Alfred C. Hollis, 1905.
Notes: You can read the original story online.
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