Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga — Season 1, Episode 9: Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees

Episode synopsis

You see there was a time when Monkey used to play on the ground and he loved to wind up Crocodile. One day the big rains came and Monkey became stranded up a mango tree. Nasty Crocodile promised to take him to dry land but only in exchange for his heart! So Monkey tricked Crocodile, and when Crocodile found out that Monkey swapped his heart for a measly mango, he chased Monkey up a tree. From that day on Monkey swings in the trees keeping well clear of Crocodile's angry snaps.

About Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

Tinga Tinga Tales is a 52 episodes children's series based on African folk tales and aimed at 4- to 6-year olds. It was commissioned by the BBC for its CBeebies channel, and by Disney Channel for its Disney Junior block. Named after the Tingatinga art from Tanzania, it was made in Kenya by a studio of about 50 people. The music is by Kenyan singer-songwriter Eric Wainaina. The series was first developed by Claudia Lloyd, head of animation at Tiger Aspect, while travelling through Africa. The first three episodes premiered on the BBC website in early February 2010. The distribution rights have been bought by Entertainment Rights.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Why Elephant Has A Trunk
• E2Why Snake Has No Legs
• E3Why Hippo Has No Hair
• E4Why Tortoise Has a Broken Shell
• E5Why Hen Pecks at the Ground
• E6Why Bat Hangs Upside Down
• E7Why Warthog is So Ugly
• E8Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round
• E10Why Tickbird Sits on Hippo's Back
• E11Why Frog Croaks
• E12Why Spider Has a Tiny Waist
• E13Why Vulture is Bald