Tall by Jez Alborough

A little monkey is walking in the jungle all of a sudden he sees a big rock, thinking once he is on this rock he will be taller. His friends always laugh at him because he is very small. Once on the rock he said, ‘’I am tall.’’ Along comes a chameleon. He asks, ‘’Why are you so happy?’’ and the monkey replies, “Because now l am not small. I’m tall!’’ Both of them jump up for joy. But the monkey wants to see if any of his other friends are taller that he is. Just then, he sees a lion cub who is much
taller, so the monkey asks the elephant to pick him up. Now the monkey says, “I’m taller.” But the monkey wants to be even taller than that. He sees a giraffe. The giraffe picks him up way on his head. The monkey says, ‘’Now I will be very tall.’’ He jumps on head of the giraffe. He is happy because he is very tall. Oh, the monkey falls down! “BoBo!” says his mom and catches him. All of his friends are happy for the monkey and now they have a new plan for the next time. The little monkey says goodbye to his new friends and the mother holds him tight. Then they start to go home. The monkey had fun and was happy.

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