Listen to the story of a monkey who loses his tail, but trades his loss for a razor, some firewood, food, and finally a drum. The Monkey And The Drum is a classic tale from Southern India, translated into English in the late 19th century by Georgiana Kingscote with the help from Pandit Natesa Sastry.

This story was narrated by Sheerali Biju and produced by Amar Vyas for gaatha story.A previous version of this story had some editing errors, our apologies for the same

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