The Monkey Dance

dedicated to Kylie and Draven, who supports StoryNori on Patreon.

Hello, this is Jana, and I'm here with another story about the musical monkey.

If you've heard our other monkey stories, you'll know that he plays his guitar and plays lots of

tricks too. These stories come from Brazil, and they are probably most suited to our younger listeners.

In this tale, the monkey almost ends up on the dinner table.

Listen on to find out what happens.

Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, people ate fruits and nuts.

Then there came a time when the fruits and nuts became scarce,

so people had to try meat. Then they began catching the various beasts to see which ones were the

best to eat. They soon found out that some tasted yummy and others not so nice. The ox was very good to eat,

and so were the sheep in the armadillo.

And one day, a man thought that he would try to taste the monkey.

The monkey was playing his guitar.

The man came close to him and said, Come here, little monkey.

Let me hear your music. I enjoy it very much.

All the time the man was coming closer and closer to the monkey.

Finally, just as he was about to stretch out his

hand and seize the monkey, the monkey gave a sudden leap and swung away into the tree top. After that,

every time the man heard the monkey playing the guitar, he would come close and try to catch him.

Finally, the monkey grew so afraid of the man that he gave up playing his guitar altogether.

For a long, long time, he did not play it. But one day he woke up and thought,

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