Monkey Island
In
the middle of the ocean, there is a small island shaped like an
arc. Here, monkeys
play on the beach and in the trees. But how did the monkeys get there?
Once, an
English admiral was exploring Africa when he found hundreds of monkeys.
The admiral’s
character was mean.
He thought, “I could sell these monkeys and become
very rich! I’m going to take them to England.”
So the admiral set traps to catch the monkeys. He put
stakes in the ground, tied
string around them
and made loops in the string. When the monkeys ran through the
forest, their feet got caught in the loops, and they couldn’t escape. Then the admiral put
the monkeys in cages on his ship and sailed away.
The cages were small and uncomfortable. There was no soft
hay for the monkeys to
sleep on. Instead, they slept on
branches with sharp thorns that cut into the monkeys’
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