The Crocodile & The Monkey - "Re-told"

When I was small, I had read one story. A Story about two friends- a monkey and a crocodile.
To refresh your mind, click here and read the original story.

But now I would like to modify this story a bit, I really dont know for good or bad, but I would still like to. And this is how I will like to modify it:

Long long ago there was a river. At the bank of that river there was an apple tree. This tree was inhabited by a monkey and the river was inhabited by a crocodile. One fine day, the crocodile came to the bank of the river and ate an apple that had fallen down. He liked it so much that he requested the monkey for another one. This is how they got acquainted to each other and as the days passed by, they became very good friends.

One day the crocodile took some apples home and gave them to his wife. His wife was very greedy, and after eating those apples she started saying-
"Your friend eats these apples always right?"
"Yes, What a lucky chap he is" replied the crocodile.
"Ooh, so if the apples are so sweet, I wonder how much sweet his heart will be?"
"You are right my dear wife, My friend has a lovely heart."
"If this is the case then I would like to taste his heart" replied the wife.
The crocodile was stunned hearing his wife's response.
"Are you gone crazy, He is my friend, How can you think of killing him?"
"No. I dont want to listen anything, If you love me, you will have to get me his heart. If you dont do so I will go away and never ever return to you." saying so the wife went away.
The crocodile did not know what to do. He didn't have any more options left, He opted in favor of Love over friendship.

The next day he went to the bank of river.
"Hi friend, Good Morning" monkey wished him as always.
"Good Morning"the crocodile replied.
"What is the matter my friend? You look to be a bit worried"inquired the monkey.
"No, Nothing. Actually today I have come here to invite you for dinner, My wife loved the apples and she wants to meet you."
"Ooh! How sweet of you. Don't worry I'll come for the dinner."

That evening the crocodile came back to the bank in order to take the monkey with him. And the monkey sat on the crocodiles back as they were suppose to cross the river, when they reached the middle of the river the crocodile told the monkey the truth.

The monkey thought for some moments and said "Ooh! My friend, Why didn't you tell me this when I was on the tree, I would have brought my heart with me."
"What does this mean? You dont have your heart with you?" inquired the crocodile.
"See my Friend, I stay on a tree and have to jump from one branch to another, so I have removed and kept my heart safely in the trunk of the tree or else it might fall."
"Ohh, Is it? Now what to do?"crocodile asked in confusion.
"Nothing to worry my friend, we'll go back and get my heart from the tree trunk"
"Ooh ya, we can do that. "Crocodile replied happily, and took a turn, once reaching the bank of river the monkey jumped on the tree.
"Get your heart , Lets go, my wife will be waiting for us."
"Yes my friend we will, but before that let us eat some apples." saying so the monkey passed some apples to the crocodile.Crocodile ate the apples with tears in his eyes, because deep down in his heart he knew that he was on a verge of killing his friend and his friendship, He knew that he would never be able to forgive himself. But the monkey was smiling as he was having his apple.
"So friend lets go right, your wife will be waiting for us." said the monkey enthusiastically.
"But let me remove my heart first." Saying so he grabbed one dried branch of the tree, pierced his chest, removed and gave his heart to the crocodile. While doing so he fell down on the ground.

The crocodile hurried towards him, He could see his friend dying but felt miserable as he could not do anything to save him.
"Why, why did you do this my friend, why. Why did you lie saying that your heart was in the trunk, when it was always with you? Why did you kill yourself?" The crocodile said, he could not control his tears anymore.

"Don't cry my friend, Please don't. I had to do this for you and for our friendship. Remember my heart and my life both belong to you. If you had killed me at your place, People would have said a friend killed his friend to meet his own selfish ends.A taboo of selfishness would have been attached to our friendship. But now People will say a Friend killed himself inorder to save his friends home.Now our friendship would be known for selflessness and not selfishness." saying so the monkey died with a smile on his face and tears in the crocodiles eyes.

I really don't know if you people will like the changes done by me. But I felt this is how the story must end. I am saying so because I strongly believe that Friendship can't be totally based on selfishness. Even if down the line by any chance one of the friend becomes selfish the other becomes the epitome of selflessness. This statement of mine is based on the fact that friends know each other so very well that there is no chance of one cheating the other.