THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL
Now, my mini-gorillas, this is the final story I will share. It
teaches one of the most valuable lessons by far that you can learn.
Once upon a time there was a monkey named Pico. He was an
extremely good singer. He could sing anything imaginable, from
rock to rap. He was one of the most talented singers throughout all of
the
world. Every year there is a competition called "The Singing
King." Whoever wins this award is by far the most prestigious
person ever. It is the most sought after award, and people and
all kinds of animals train
for years to perfect their voices in order to win this award.
Since Pico was already a wonderful singer, he was trying to decide what
song would be best to sing at the competition. He wanted a song
that would really stand out and that the crowd could relate to.
Pico had finally decided he was going to sing the song "Womanizer" by
Britney Spears. He thought the song would really emphasize his
extremely wonderful vocals.
For several months, Pico would practice. You could hear him
singing, "Womanizer, Woman-womanizer, you're a womanizer!" Every
single day it got better and better. Some people even told Pico
that he sang the song so well, that he should invite Britney Spears to
come watch the performance. So he sent her an invitation.
Finally, the day had arrived for the big show! Pico was really
nervous! He decided to forget the nerves, and get up on
stage and do what he had been practicing. As he got on
stage, he just let it all go! He was singing like crazy!
The crowd was going insane! Everyone loved it, except for one
animal. A camel, by the name of Jimbo, was quite
frustrated. Jimbo was known for always trying to have
attention. When he noticed Pico was getting all the attention, he
was furious. He was trying to come up with a way to impress the
crowd, even though he wasn't even in the competition. Jimbo
didn't even know how to sing. He had never taken a voice lesson
or singing class in his life. However, he thought he could still
win the crowd over.
When Pico was done performing, Jimbo decided to immediately run up on
stage and start singing "Toxic" by Britney Spears. However, the
crowd was actually really disgusted with the fact that Jimbo couldn't
let Pico have all the attention. Jimbo sounded absolutely
horrible. The crowd started booing and shouting things.
Britney Spears actually made it to the competition and she was really
upset with Jimbo.
"Jimbo! Get off the stage! You are the worst singer I have ever heard!!"
Other people from the crowd began throwing things at Jimbo. One
person threw a basketball at Jimbo's head, while others threw apples
and oranges.
Pico was upset as well, because he had spent so much time, and worked
so hard. All he wanted was for everyone to respect him and be
happy for him. However, the camel had to try to destroy
that. The crowd, however, was obviously not very pleased - and
neither was Britney. The
moral of this story is to never try to outdo someone out of
jealousy. It doesn't help, and it makes you look bad in the
process. Being jealous can make you do certain things that you will
regret in the future. Always remember to be happy for others when
they achieve greatness, for if you don't, you will never achieve
greatness yourself.
Author's Note: I kept the main characters the same: a monkey and
a camel. However, I did give them names: Pico and Jimbo. In
the original story, the monkey was actually a dancer. I changed
it so that the monkey was actually a singer. Instead of just
being at an animal convention, which was the setting for the original
story, I made it a singing competition
called "The Singing King." I kept the moral of the story the same
though. I really liked the moral of not being jealous. I
think everyone goes through the feeling of being jealous, but a lot of
time they just don't act on it. However, jealousy can be felt at
any time, especially when someone is successful at something, and you
are not. It is something that you just have to work on and
realize that you are not the very best at everything, and to applaud
others for their greatness. I also put Britney Spears in the story,
just to add a little something to it. I thought it would be fun
if she attended, considering she was the singer of the songs in the
story. Also, at the end, in the original story people beat the camel
with clubs. In this version, people throw a basketball and fruit
at the camel.
Bibliography Information:
Story Title: The Monkey and the Camel
Book Title: Aesop’s Fables
Book Author: Laura Gibbs
Year: 2002
Web Source: The Monkey and
the Camel
Image Information:
This is a picture of a
Singing Monkey. This picture was found on the flicr.com web
site. It was uploaded on May 20, 2008.
Image Information 2:
This is an image of a Donkey.
This was found on the ShastriX blogspot. It was done in January
of 2006.
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