Friday, February 25, 2011

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

VIP pass Inside a wild place Chapter 4

I was so excited I almost could not contain myself. I raced up my little short vine to the monkey nest. I swung open the door and screamed, "Lavender where are you?" She was on the other side of the nest putting on her make up. She came running out with half of her beautiful face made up and asked what's wrong. I said you are not going to believe what I set up today. Her eyes got a little larger then they already were and she asked me what did Iyou do? You must remember at this point in my life I was a struggling monkey. We had nothing bearly any bananas to eat. So I said I am going to build a building for an elephant. She asked an elephant? what elephant? You did not mention thay had an elephant at the jungle place.  I said they don't have an elephant. And I went on to explain how she needed our help badly. White beard, I said was telling me how she was so abused and if she did not have a place to call home she would be taken out in the jungle and killed because she was too old to work a full day anymore. As I told Lavender more, I saw her beautiful eyes begin to water and the end of her nose started to twitch. I know she felt the same as I did for the elephant. I could not imagine someone wanting to hurt her and throw her away it almost sounded unreal. So Lavender and I made a pact to help this white bearded man and the elephant at any cost. We sat down that night with some grapes trying to find a way to fund this project. Sure I could build it, I said but it would cost alot to have all the trees brought in. The leaves and branches for the roof plucked from the forest it was alot for a monkey to think about. I might have been showing a few signs of stress just then as Lavender ran her beautiful tail under my nose and said I know you can do it. I knew right then I could. That was all I needed was her support, all of a sudden I was a different monkey. I was unstoppable. My mind went all over the place. I said I have bananas coming from the tree house I was building. I had a couple of monkeys that owed me some grapes. A few more potential large vines to build but I was not sure if I would get all the work. I mean its a jungle out there. Every monkey for himself. Then Lavender came up with an incredible idea. So simple. But so complex. I cant believe she was just over there playing with her tail and she purrs out "Just charge more next time you look at a tree house to build she said jokingly. That way we will still keep our nest going and give you extra for the elephant thing.   Why had I not thought of this before.

Friday, February 11, 2011

VIP pass Inside a wild place Chapter 3

Inside  the  hut  I saw white snakes, sloths, turtles, kangaroos and a bunch of smaller animals. As I  looked  around I saw this colorful monkey it was a mandrill monkey  I had seen one stuffed before in the monkey museum. Looking at him face to face was a different thing all together. He had a face so colorful you could not stop staring  and an expression on his face  that said  if I did not stop staring at him I might be in trouble. I asked the white haired creature how did you get all this stuff? I said it must have cost a fortune. He said with a smiqurking smile "I dont pay for anything" I thought wow, that it would be great for someone to be able to do this and not cost a thing. It would be like winning the lemur lottery. By the end of the tour of a few of the jungle buildings I could see why he got everything for free. I found myself scrolling through my mind wondering what could I do to be a part of this. I dont have much money, no  animal experience but this was so different and so out of place from the things I had seen before. I had to find a way to be needed here. Me and my wife Lavender had been building and repairing tree huts to make ends meet over the last few years. I said to myself ah  I have something that is valuable, something I could offer a place like this. My mind was racing  I was thinking I could build this for the otter I could build that for the bear, I could do things that I would have charged alot of bananas for to anybody else. For some reason I felt if I worked here it would be like they were paying me to be here even though I would have to work like a crazed monkey. That diden't bother me.  So Now I had the Idea of what I could offer this place, my services, but what did they need? That would be the next obstical.   I got luckey as I was walking past an opening in the trees, white beard as I now call the creature said someday if we could possibly ever afford it we would love to have a shelter built over there for an elephant nobody wants. It is such a shame she has no place to go I hear that the owner is treating the old girl very badly and she needs a home but we have no place to house her. I was thinking in my head I could build this. It is bigger then anything I had built before. I would figure it out. Then reality set in how could I do this I have a family and work and I would have to get Lavender to  agree to us building this massive elephant hut  FOR FREE. I told white beard that I may have an answer to his problems. He looked at me with the crazy blue eyes and said really which problem? He gave me a look like he was not sure if I was kidding or not but he was definitely all of a sudden much more interested in me then he had been the whole time I was there. I told him  I dont want to tell you anything I cant do. So I am not going to say anything now.   I will get back to you . White beard said I dont know what it is about you monkey but for some reason I believe you. And he smiled for the first time since I met him. His teeth were very long and large and I could see big gaps between them they almost startled me when I first got a look. I can see why he does not display them when he first meets you. With that smile he said I have people claim to help me all the time but then you never see them again. But you, he said you are different I believe what you say. So I left the animal compound. Later  as I was swinging from vine to vine on my way home I could not believe how I felt like I was going to be part of something huge. Something that mattered.  I kept swinging faster and faster I could not wait to tell Lavender what had happened today and how our life was about to change.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

VIP pass Inside a wild place Chapter 2

I remember  I was at the local jungle spot when I was a teenage monkey. This  creature with white hair a white beard and blazing blue eyes came in carrying a baby tiger. I was stunned to see the baby white tiger looking at me in a non threatenning way but with total couriousness on his mind. The weird white haired creature  looked at me and asked me if I wanted to pet the tiger.  I said definitely and I petted the little white tiger cub. The white haired creature asked me if Iwould  like , to come check out his other animals and he told me he saved them from bad situations and  most of the animals  were either rescued injured or very old. I was amazed that there was a place like this . I layed in my favorite tree twisting and turning I could not sleep all night wondering what I would see tomorrow.  I went to the jungle place the next day. I could not believe what I saw. There were large jungle structures made with massive logs and vines hanging all over the place. It looked like  it was built from pieces of everything ever found in the jungle. There were animal noises that I had  never even heard before. Animals all over the place. I felt a lilltle weird being a smaller monkey  in the middle of the jungle with every predator known to us monkeys just a few feet away from me. I tucked in my tail  around me and held it like  a belt so it would not attract any tail loving cats when I was not looking. They might think someone brought me here as a toy.
So I followed the white haired man through this maze of the most incredible looking animals I had ever seen. As I am walking past one of the areas I see this huge snow leopard and he is crouching down getting ready to pounce and kill at any second. He had the look of getting ready to eat something. I shuddered and I walked a little closer to to the white haired man who walked by the animals like they were not even there. I took a quick peek over my shoulder to see if the snow leopard was still looking at me. By now the cat was furious snarling and drooling and pulling hard at his vine wishing he could snap it. Just then we walked in the door  I closed it as quick  as I could. I got on the other side and made sure the door was closed tight. Ahhh What a relief.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Hello I am Mr. Leo Pard The Leopard Print Monkey Chapter 1

I would like to welcome you to my life. I am a monkey of business a monkey of my word and a  monkey that always has your back. I have a love for life as well as a passion for animals.  Yes, now I am living high in my mansion. I have a spectacular driveway winding right up to my house I even drive a Maserati. I have just about everything a monkey could want I work all day in a leopard print suit. I have locations around the world for my business The Leopard PrintMonkey. I am a well traveled monkey you could say.  This is my story of the good swings and broken vines we sometimes grab.