Monkey Planet Part 2
The Arrival
by Emma Monkey

Emma Monkey
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Hi all,

Well I dug out the space rocket that Terry Bear gave me (it was pretty mucky, I had to clean it with a bit of Mr. Sheen), and since I’ve never flown a rocket before I did really quite well. The fact that Terry had made sure the controls were easy to understand helped a lot (up, down, left, left a bit more, right… etc) and I could just type in where I wanted to go and didn’t really have to do much else.

The inside of the rocket was a bit dirty though. It seems that all of Poppy’s poops that Terry didn’t know what to do with had been dumped in there. It made the place smell rather bad actually, so while I had nothing to do on the journey I cleaned them all up, and put them in carrier bags ready to be thrown away when I arrived.

The view from the window was great, when I was a few hundred miles from Yahoo 360 world I could see it in all it’s glory. I tried to take a picture of it, but it didn’t come out very well I’m afraid.

And after about 12 hours of flying I saw Monkey Planet, and I have to say it’s an incredible sight. I’ve never seen it before, so I took a picture of that so I’ll never forget it. Fortunately that picture came out fine-

When I finally landed I was pretty apprehensive about leaving the craft, cos there were loads of monkeys running around, throwing stuff and shouting, and I was scared of them. Plus I’d got all dressed up fopr the occasion, but all the monkeys I could see were naked. After about 10 mins of umming and ahhing over what to do, the smell of poppy’s poops finally convinced me that I was gonna have to leave, so I picked up the poopy bag, opened the door, and stepped outside.

Chief Monkeyness Officer Wally’s right hand man, Monkeyness Officer Drew was waiting for me, so I walked up to him and went to shake his hand, which he scowled at cos monkeys don’t shake hands as a greeting, they fart- something else I’d forgotten. The meeting hadn’t got off to a very good start, and it was about to get worse…

Monkeyness Officer Drew then started yelling at me for turning up dressed as I was, and told me if I didn’t get those clothes off in the next 10 seconds he’d personally throw me back onto the rocket and ship me off the planet. I thought I looked nice, but evidently monkeys aren’t supposed to wear clothes.

After quickly stripping off and throwing the clothes back into the rocket I asked Monkeyness officer Drew where I could find a bin for Poppy’s poops, cos the smell was really awful, and he went mad at me, cos of course monkeys don’t use bins, and they definitely aren’t supposed to put poops in a carrier bag, they’re supposed to be flung at any creature that happens to pass by.

I don’t like being shouted at, and I could feel the tears burning my eyes but I was desperate not to cry, cos that’s a definite NO-NO for monkeys (I at least have remembered something- that monkeys are always happy, and even when they’re not happy, they don’t show it)

Anyway, he finally stopped shouting at me, and calling me a disgrace, and telling me that I had a heck of a lot to learn and if I manged to pass the tests he’d eat his hat, and then showed me to the place I’d be staying (address above) which is actually quite nice. There’s no bed though, just a tree in the middle of a small patch of grass. I guess I’m gonna have to learn how to sleep in a tree again- another thing I’ve forgotten.

There was a little bunch of bananas on one of the branches, which I think is my dining room, and even though it was hard, I did manage to eat a banana without wishing it had custard on or was covered in chocolate, so I think I’m starting to get back my monkeyness already. I hope so anyway.

I’m off to bed now, or should I say branch? Apparently my first lesson will start at 5am tomorrow, and it’s climbing trees. I’m gonna need all the sleep I can get for this one!

I’ll write again tomorrow, hope you’re all ok. I’m missing you loads!