With a bamboo basket upon his arm,

With mutton bones was the basket filled,

From a sheep which his folks that day had killed.

A monkey came from a pile of stones

To steal that boy's fresh mutton bones,

But a big, spotted dog followed close at his heels,

To bite a bad monkey whenever he steals.

A half of a brick lay there on the road,

It upset the boy and he spilt out his load,