Swim Monkey Swim

The animals are having a swimming contest The strutting Sarukun a monkey cant bring himself to admit that he cannot swim and puts himself forward as a contestant He dives right in but immediately starts to sink For some reason the bottom of the pool is littered with seaweed and coral and a kappa a type of water imp also lives down there Sarukun fights with the kappa and manages to seize the saucer off its head The kappa agrees to let Sarukun ride on his back while he swims in exchange for the return of his saucer Sarukun then cruises right through the pool looking for all the world like he is swimming under his own power and wins the race successfully But what happens in the end