One-Third of Monkey's Life

Little Georgie has been having some crazy dreams, and tries to tell his parents, but they are just annoyed by them, so he tells his friends.

Once there was a little boy named Georgie who came home one morning from his friend’s house with a wonderful and sad story.

He had found a pretty little blue egg with pink spots at his friend’s house, and when he asked his friend's parents if he could keep it, they said he could.

Oh, he was so happy he skipped all the way home with it in his hand. Well, a bump in the sidewalk tripped him and the egg flew out of his hand and smashed on a rock.

He told his Momma and his Poppa this wonderful and sad story and they looked at each other and smiled.

“That’s a sweet story, honey,” said his Momma. “Now run along and play.”

“You are so creative,” said his Poppa. “You’ll be a writer some day.”

They thought he was making it up.

“It really happened,” he said to them.

“Now, son,” said his Poppa. “Don’t make this into a lie.”

“It’s not a lie,” said Georgie. “I can show you where the egg broke.”

They reluctantly agreed to go view the egg remains, but when they got there, there was nothing to be seen.

Georgie got a few spanks on his bottom for lying.

The Momma and the Poppa walked away leaving the little boy rubbing his sore bottom.

“You know, every morning he tells me his dreams,” he heard his Momma say. “And I know he’s making it up on the spot. There’s no way he can remember such detail.”

“We can’t have him be a liar,” said his Poppa. “If he starts telling you his dreams again, you just stop him. Don’t let him finish.”

Georgie sat on the rock where the egg had broken as Sam walked up and sat down next to him. Sam was the boy who lived at the house they were sitting in front of.

“Hello, Sam,” said Georgie. ”How are you today?”

“I’m OK,” said Sam. “My dad asked me to clean up a broken egg on the sidewalk. I just finished.”

Georgie smiled at his friend.

“Do you want to hear what I dreamed about last night?” asked Georgie.

“Sure,” said Sam.

Georgie told him about a monkey that found an egg in a tree, but as he was running home, a tree root tripped him and the egg broke, then a snake came and ate it.

Sam Loved Georgie’s Stories. They made him feel like he was asleep and dreaming.

They hung out for the rest of the day.

The next morning, Georgie had the most amazing dream about a monkey that caught some tadpoles and put them in a bucket. He accidentally left the bucket full of water and tadpoles next to his Poppa’s bed, who stepped in it when he woke up from his nap. He started telling his Momma the dream, but she stopped him abruptly.

“Sweetheart,” said the Momma. “I don’t want to hear your story. Please go outside and play.”

The little boy was confused. He went outside and found his friends Sam, Angie and Elizabeth playing in a tree and told them instead. They loved it. They all felt the same when hearing Georgie tell his dreams. It made them all feel as if they were asleep and dreaming about what Georgie was telling them.

Georgie’s stores were getting so good that some of his friends actually fell asleep as he was telling them.

A few days later, Georgie’s Poppa came into Georgie’s room. Georgie was reading about airplanes.

“Did you leave the toilet seat up?” asked his Poppa.

Georgie noticed that his Poppa’s bottom was all wet, and the look on his Poppa’s face was really upset.

“Well, I think I saw a Momma and Poppa frog in the bathroom looking for their babies, maybe it was them,” said Georgie, even though it was Georgie who had left the toilet seat up, not the frogs.

Well, the Poppa was very smart, and he could tell that it had been Georgie, not a frog family.

Georgie’s bottom was sore for the rest of the evening.

The next day, Georgie told his friends about that night’s dream. It was about a mailman who had gotten lost in the forest while delivering mail. Every time he got a clue as to how to find the way out of the forest, his mailbag got heavier and heavier. When he finally looked into his bag of mail to see why it was getting heavier, he found that it had all turned into bars of chocolate. He became so happy that he started delivering bars of chocolate to everyone in the forest.

As the children were listening to Georgie’s dream, they started noticing some strange things going on. Sam looked down and noticed that his legs had become a long tail. Elizabeth noticed Sam’s tail and tried to tell him but her all-of-a-sudden large teeth tied her tongue. Angie didn’t notice any of what was happening to her friends. She found she had a very fluffy black and white tail, and was playing with it.

Georgie finished his dream and everyone was back to normal.

Later that week, Georgie was playing outside and his Momma called him in for lunch. His Poppa came into the house holding the piece of rusty metal.

“Who left this piece of rusty metal at our doorstep?” asked Georgie’s Poppa.

“I think it was the mailman,” said the little boy.

Georgie’s Poppa didn’t believe him.

Georgie was having trouble sitting lately.

He went outside to find his friends, and found them playing with some rocks.

Sam, Angie and Elizabeth were there, and so was Bobby.

“Has anyone seen Frankie, Toby and Serena?” asked Georgie.

“I think they’re over at my house playing with Toby,” said Elizabeth.

“Let’s go over there,” said Georgie. “I had another dream last night and I want to tell everyone.”

They all followed Elizabeth to her house. When they got there, Elizabeth and Toby’s mom had made them some cookies and Hawaiian Punch.

“I’ll come out and let you know when lunch is ready,” said Elizabeth and Toby’s mom.

As they sipped their punch and nibbled their cookies, Georgie started telling them his dream.

He told them about a group of animal friends that had gathered in an opening in the forest. One of the animals was telling a story. It was a Monkey.

As the Monkey told the story, all the other animals were falling asleep. There was a snake, a skunk, a squirrel, a rabbit, a turtle and two little bear cubs.

The monkey’s story had put them all to sleep, when the monkey clapped his hands.

“Wake up!” yelled the Monkey.

All the little animals woke up in a jolt.

“What’s the big idea?” said Snake. “You frightened me.”

“Me too,” said Skunk. “You made me spray a little.”

“Oh, pew, Skunk!” said the little boy bear cub.

They all got up holding their noses.

“I’ve got to go,” said Rabbit. “I think it’s time for dinner.”

“Good story,” said Turtle. “Do you think Georgie’s parents will ever believe him?”

Monkey smiled.

“I don’t know,” said Monkey. “I’ll finish the story tomorrow.”

As they left the area, each on their own path, Momma Bar came out from between the trees.

“Monkey,” said Momma Bear. “I called your parents and they said you could stay for dinner.”

“OK, thanks.” Said Monkey.

“YAY!” said the little bear cubs. “Can he spend the night too?”

Monkey liked eating at the Bear’s house. They put honey on everything.

The End