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Charlie the chimp lay in the grass and felt a bit displeased while the rest of his group screeched and climbed and played, swinging about and chasing one another in the trees sniffing the bottoms of the friends they'd made. But Charlie, being brighter. made an outcast of himself sadly he had done this by his own choice, his friends who'd had enough, had now all left him on the shelf, and all this because of his different voice. He'd made a big mistake when visitors each day all came, of learning all the things families said, and now instead of him just screaming out 'Ah! Ah! Ah!Ah!, and 'Ooh! Ooh!' he'd say 'good morning' instead. By the end of summer season his human vocabulary was heading for at least three thousand words, sat every night alone atop his favourite Baobab tree. these phrases practised where nobody heard. The wind was gusting really strong on one particular night and into his enclosure something blew, turned out to be the main pages of the Washington Post and also inside it, the showbiz review. His reading skills he'd absorbed were now getting pretty good, he'd read all of the stuff he thought worth knowing, The Senate said Obamacare's not working like it should, and the Amazon rainforest's slowly going. In a photo of a Primate called Bieber he wondered why his top half oddly has no body hair, but maybe that explains why there's no females standing by to pick off any fleas they might find there. Alpha male tore Charlie's paper, coz he wouldn't give a hug and so Charlie went and told him to 'get bent', then he sat up in the treetops with a grin and feeling smug, since he knew none of them knew just what that meant. 6th September 2016, for contest 'Animal antics', sponsor Shadow Hamilton

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Date: 9/15/2016 11:09:00 AM
Sounds like my brother.
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Date: 9/11/2016 5:16:00 PM
You're too clever Viv, just like Charlie.
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Viv Wigley
Date: 9/12/2016 12:02:00 AM
Similar looks, too. Thanks Jean x
Date: 9/8/2016 3:35:00 AM
You always leave me laughing Viv. This is such a delight. I hope it does great in the contest! : ) 7
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Date: 9/12/2016 12:03:00 AM
Thanks, Connie,, now I'm off to carry on having a good scratch and presenting my bottom to the people outside my window at the bus stop . ooh ooh ooh.. x
Date: 9/7/2016 3:20:00 PM
haha, the last part sure gave me a chuckle. well, I just had to see this one. You are so great with humor. You picked a very interesting character to tell your story about. Good luck with the contest, Viv.
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Date: 9/7/2016 7:14:00 PM
Thanks, Andrea, it wasn't scanning very well, so I've taken it to bits and redone it so the meter has improved. Thanks for dropping by, Viv x

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