“You see Kid, Charlie here, is a wild animal, although he looks similar to humans, he's not, I'm sorry to disappoint ya Kid, but I think I now know why the Owl sent us here, He sure is Wise!”.
Fibh peered through Charlies enclosure, watching him eating a bannana with its right foot. “I guess he's not the same as the MacDougalls after all, theres no fun in watching him, wildly screaming and swinging, I never saw them do that?” Fibh sighs.
“Oh, that I've come so far, poor Mama and Papa what will they ever think of me? A failure” Fibh looks tired and weary, as his long journey finally catches up with him.
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“Cheer up Kid, it's not the end of the world. You gotta keep ya beak up. Don't let it get ya down”. Larry tries cheering Fibh up.
“But I came so far? So much effort just to see this?” Fibh replies.
“Look Kid, the Wise Owl sent you here to see something. He wanted you to see that we have all been given our place in life, some taller, some shorter, and some fatter” Larry points at Harry chuckling.
Fibh laughed. “Well at least I got ya smiling Kid” said Larry.
“Come on, lets get you ready for the journey home, at least you'll have your parents to look forward to seeing” as Larry hugs Fibh and all three slowly start to walk away from the monkey enclosure.
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This time Charlie stick's his tounge out, lifts both arms in the air and jumps up onto a branch , while swinging upside down from his feet, scratching his armpits.
“This just keeps getting better” Larry says.
“Why won't he reply to me!?” Fibh asks Harry & Larry frustratingly.
“Kid, I think I've found the answer” as Larry turns towards a sign at the edge of the enclosure. Meanwhile, Charlie is swinging happily through the trees, screeching and screaming.
As all three of them gather around the sign. They begin to read. Harry struggling with the first letter, while Fibh is busy trying to put the letters into a word...
“Both of you, step back” Larry says.
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“I'll show you how this is done”. Larry clears his throat “Welcome to the Monkey Enclosure, our friendly Chimpanzee Charlie has come all the was from the deepest jungles in Africa”.
Larry carrys on reading, while Fibh looks to Harry and says “Where did he learn to read like that?”.
Harry replies “He's been reading the newpapers that have been strewn all over the Park, since he was a little chick”.
Larry looks to Fibh, looking slightly dissapointedly, “Kid, I've got some bad news. Charlie is not a human. Charlie is a Monkey”.
“A Monkey?” Fibh Replies
“A Monks Key? What kind of animal is that?” replies Harry looking confused.
“A M O N K E Y!” Larry replies looking directly at Harry.
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They fly down to the Penguins enclosure.
“Hello, my slithery, featherless, water loving cousins, any of you know where we can find Charlie?” Larrys asks.
The Penguins huddle together and make the shape of an arrow pointing towards another enclosure, where the noise of screaming and yelling could be heard echoing around the Zoo.
“Thanks guys” Harry kindly responds and they all fly off in the direction of the noise.
As they land at the enclosure, the yelling and screaming begins to simmer down.
“Here Charlie, Charlie, Charlie” Harry wispers..
“It's not a cat, Harry” Larry shouts while Fibh is laughing.
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Then all of a sudden there is a rumble from behind the bushes and Charlie comes flying, swinging from a rope!
Fibh stops laughing and watches in awe as Charlie, lands in front of them from behind the enclosure.
“It looks human to me?” Harry says.
“Yes, it's got feet, and hands, although hairier than any hairy human I've ever laid eyes on before” Larry replies.
“Hi, are you Charlie?, the Wise Owl sent me here, he told me you could help me become a human, a boy?” Fibh asks.
Charlie replies, by scratching his bottom, then smelling his fingers..
“Interesting human behavior?” Larry curiously says.“I want to become a boy, can you help me? The Owl sent me here?” Fibh says in a raised voice. Maybe he did'nt hear me the first time, Fibh thinks to himself.
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Chapter 12
harlie
“entral Park Zoo, the Old Owl says hey?” Larry says while looking at Harry and Fibh “This way, follow moi”. And they take the short journey over to the Zoo.
“I'm so excited” says Harry “I'm going to the zoo, I'm going to the zoo”.
“Ok, stop with that” Larry replies “We're nearly there, what will the animals think of us pigeons, if we started acting like that?.. Oh wow look at that Giraffe!'.
Fibh and Harry look at each other and start laughing out loud.
“What did I say? What did I say?” asks Larry.
“Nothing” reply both Harry and Fibh at the same time, and start laughing again.
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