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She gave them the coconut with the night inside and told them that only her daughter must open it. If another person opened the coconut, the darkness would cover the earth forever. The servants agreed and returned to the village.

During their return they heard strange noises frominside the coconut. They were the sounds of toads,crickets and other animals of the night. They became very curious. They could wait no longer and opened the coconut. When they did it, theywere astonished. The animals and the darkness escaped. All the things without life seemed like pieces of wood , stones and leaves changed into fishes, birds and insects.

Far away at the village, the witch´s daughter told her husband that his three servants had opened the coconut. He was shocked and very disappointed because he thought they were faithful. How could the people live with the darkness? But his wife had powers and thought of a solution. She had a way to control the darkness. She took a sring of her hair and cut the sky with it. Soon the dawn appeared. Now there would be both day and night

The Three foolish servants tried to explain what they had done but it was useless, The witch´s daughter turned them into three monkeys.

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