The monkey was scared but still kept his calm and told the crocodile that he did not mind if the crocodile’s wife ate his heart. He further lied that he had forgot to bring his heart and will need to go back to the tree to bring it. The crocodile innocently accepted this lie and took the monkey back to the tree. The monkey on reaching the tree eloped and thus saved his life. river bank. The monkey jumped on the tree and saved himself.