Monkey Business

Monkey Business The bear was quite happy, or so it seemed, alone in a damp, cold, gray stone den. Until the children on a trip visited the zoo. Riotous, noisy, and unsupervised bullies all jeering at the bear, throwing peanuts and insults at this hulking, lonely, beast. Cowering amid the debris he rails against the onslaught his roar awakening, weakly at first, then fueled by an instinctual rage, his innate desire to be free. The monkeys, acrobatic cheerleaders, urge the bear to action while preparing their own response to the mob of neatly dressed cowards. John G. Lawless