he sat up slowly and rubbed his eyes , and crossly demanded what his wife was making all that noise about . by the time that the man was alive to what had happened , and they both got outside the gate , the boar had got well away , but they saw the monkey running after the thief as hard as his legs would carry him . both the man and wife were moved to admiration at the plucky conduct of the sagacious monkey , and their gratitude knew no bounds when the faithful monkey brought the child safely back to their arms .
the monkey .
who ran after the thief ?
who ran after the thief ?