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Once upon a time, in a happy forest, there lived two 

monkeys named Max and Sam. Every day in the forest, 

Max and Sam would look for bananas. Bananas made 

them so happy. Almost as happy as climbing trees.

Max and Sam were the only monkeys in the forest 

without special beards that all other monkeys had. They 

never thought it would be a big deal, so they kept living 

their happy lives in the forest, and continued to pick more 

bananas off their favorite banana tree.

One beautiful, sunny morning, 

as the flowers waltzed in the 

gentle breeze, Max and Sam 

decided to climb the tallest tree 

in the forest. By their surprise, 

they heard a sound coming 

from the leaves. It was the 

bearded monkeys.

Max and Sam's hearts 

jumped, and suddenly, it 

wasn't so sunny in the forest 

anymore. "Come with us 

you no good monkeys! We 

will take you somewhere 

you belong. The zoo!"

Their world would now be turned upside down. 

The clouds hid the sun, the once beautiful 

flowers, began to droop, losing their color, and 

the brown grass begged for water. On the way 

to the zoo, it seemed as though they cried a 

thousand tears. They have been free for all of 

their life, and now they will be trapped like 

dogs in kennels. 

The bearded monkeys 

seemed to really get a 

kick out of what they 

have done. "So long!", 

the bearded monkeys 

shouted, as they 

slammed the door with a 

bang! Max and Sam 

didn't understand why 

they were being treated 

like this. 

In the morning, the lead zoo 

keeper burst in and threw a small 

piece of bread on the floor. "Get up 

you lousy animals. You will all be 

performing tricks for the people 

today, and do as we say! You have 

two minutes to eat and get out 

there."

The animal that wasn't able to do the coolest 

trick for the keepers were sent away. Luckily 

neither Sam nor Max were sent away.

This was now the daily routine for the zoo 

animals. Given little to no food, it was hard to 

survive, and every days expectations were 

greater. It was hard for Max and Sam to 

perform tricks everyday that the zoo keepers 

approved of. These hard times left the 

monkeys crying silently while trying to sleep. 

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