hurry.

'But there is no use going on if your heart is not with you,' he
said at last. 'We had better turn back to the town, and then you
can fetch it.'

Of course, this was just what the monkey wanted, but he was
careful not to seem too pleased.

'Well, I don't know,' he remarked carelessly, 'it is such a long
way; but you may be right.'

'I am sure I am,' answered the shark, 'and I will swim as quickly
as I can,' and so he did, and in three days they caught sight of
the kuyu tree hanging over the water.

With a sigh of relief the monkey caught hold of the nearest
branch and swung himself up.

'Wait for me here,' he called out to the shark. 'I am so hungry I
must have a little breakfast, and then I will go and look for my
heart,' and he went further and further into the branches so that
the shark could not see him. Then he curled himself up and went
to sleep.

'Are you there?' cried the shark, who was soon tired of swimming
about under the cliff, and was in haste to be gone.

The monkey awoke with a start, but did not answer.