It rains for six days. The monkeys stay in the trees and eat the fruit in the small forest. After six days there is no more food. After seven days Miko's family is very hungry. There is no food to eat. They must find some.

Miko's big brother Uko thinks he is very brave. He looks at the fast river. He looks at the trees. There is one place where he thinks he can jump the river.

Uko climbs up the big tree near the water. He swings in the tree. He swings towards the tree on the other side of the river. Then he jumps. He reaches for the big branch, but he is too big. He falls into the river.

"Oh, he is falling," cries his mother. But it is too late. The river takes Uko. All the family cries and cries.
"What can we do?" says Miko's father. "We have no food, we will die here."

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