The Monkey Story

One uponce a time there was a monkey with long arms and a long tail. He
loved to swing through the trees. The forest was very big and green. There
were a lot of trees. Some of the trees had berries and bananas. He loved
bananas. He was a very happy monkey. He would make funny noises like "ooot
ooot" and "ooo eee eee". He would run around and wave his long arms over
his head like a crazy little monkey boy. Sometimes he would hang upside
down by his tail. It was always a lot of fun. He would swing and sing to
himself. Sometimes he would climb way up high in the trees and he could see
a long way in all directions.

One day he was swinging and the tree limb broke off. He was up real high
and he started to fall. It was a long way to the ground. He got scared that
he was going to get hurt. He was falling very fast. The ground was getting
closer and closer. Then he saw a vine hanging below him. As he fell past it
he reached out and grabbed it with his tail. He stopped falling and he felt
safe again. He never climbed up that high ever again.

Told on Sep. 26, 2010