Once upon a time, in a lush and green forest, there lived a small hedgehog who was always busy cleaning the yard in front of his house. He was a quiet, polite, and kind creature. However, the sharp spikes on his body made the other forest animals stay away from him.

The hedgehog felt lonely. He could only watch from afar as the monkey and his friends played in the forest, laughing together and enjoying their days. But the saddest moment was when the monkey started swinging on the tree branches right above his house, shaking the branches so that leaves fell all over the hedgehog’s yard.

“Why do they always bother me?” the hedgehog muttered as he picked up the scattered leaves for the umpteenth time.

However, as the days went by, the monkey started swinging more often near the hedgehog’s home, and this time he shook the tree branches on purpose, causing more leaves to fall into the hedgehog’s yard. The hedgehog got annoyed because the monkey never apologized and seemed to be doing it on purpose.

Finally, the hedgehog decided to talk to the monkey. He politely said, “Monkey, I’ve cleaned up the leaves you dropped several times. Can you please be more careful so the leaves don’t fall into my yard?”

The monkey looked at the hedgehog with a confused and slightly angry face. “Why are you worried about those leaves? This is a forest, and everyone can play here. If you don’t like it, why don’t you find another place?” the monkey answered sarcastically.

The hedgehog replied, “You should apologize. This is my yard, and I’m asking nicely.”

The monkey got angry and said, “No wonder you don’t have any friends, you’re so rude, and your spikes are scary, you don’t know how fun it is to swing from trees, your body is short, and your legs are small.”

The hedgehog felt sad hearing the monkey’s words. The monkey didn’t feel sorry at all and walked away.

One day, the deer held a party and invited all the animals in the forest, including the hedgehog. The hedgehog really wanted to go to the party and asked his friend, the donkey, to join him. But the donkey went with other animals, including the snake, rabbit, and monkey

The hedgehog felt sad because he had no one to go with and cried under a tree. At that  moment, the snake saw the hedgehog crying and asked, “Why are you crying?” The snake asked with a confused face. The hedgehog answered, “I don’t have any friends to go to the party with.” The snake felt a little bit sorry for him and offered to go with the hedgehog. The hedgehog felt happy and excited to hear that.

When the hedgehog went to the party and meet the snake, he found that the snake wasn’t alone. The snake was with the Donkey, Rabbit, and Monkey.

The hedgehog was left out, and no one talked to him.

"Hedgehog, help me!" shouted the Monkey as it ran quickly, with the Snake slithering right behind it. They rushed towards the Hedgehog and hid behind its small body.

From afar, the Hedgehog saw a large eagle approaching them. The eagle moved swiftly, seemingly aiming to catch the Snake as its prey.

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