The Stolen Bicycle.

Hello, this is Jana and welcome to Story Nori.

I'm here with one of our very popular monkey stories.

Actually, this story features the bear as much as it does the monkey.

It's quite short and we hope you'll find it lots of fun.

In the opinion of the monkey, the very best bananas grew in the garden belonging to the man.

One time, he was halfway up a tree peeling a banana

when he saw the man's little girl come out of the house.

She climbed onto her red bicycle

and rode it around the garden.

He thought,

That looks fun.

I'd like to have a go.

After she had been around the path three times, the man called out,

Sonu, come in now, it's time for char.

She parked her bike against the veranda and ran inside.

The monkey hopped across to the bike. He sat on the seat just as the girl had done

and tried to pedal. But goodness, cycling wasn't so easy. The monkey lost his balance

and the bike toppled over. Tumbling onto the grass, he declared, I never give up.

He picked up the bike and tried again. The same thing happened and he ended up on the ground

with a bruise on his bottom. He tried again, and this time he was lucky.

He rode the bike down the path and out of the garden.

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