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letter Nineteen to my Muffin
Hello, Muffin dear!
Only 70 days to go. That doesn’t seem like much, does it? I can’t wait (I know, I say that a lot, don’t I?) until you come over to visit me on Sunday, and I can make you brownies. I made brownies for your cousins when they were little boys, and ….
The puppy story isn’t ready yet, but I do have another story for you, Muffin. I hope you like it.
*
Marvin was a very lucky monkey, although today, he didn’t feel particularly lucky. His little monkey tail drooped in the dust as he trudged home from Jungle School, so deep in his thoughts he didn’t hear Gary Goat until Gary accidently stepped on his tail in his excitement at catching up with his friend.
“Oops, sorry!” Gary bleated as he jumped to the side with his nimble hooves. “Sorry, sorry.”
“S’ok,” Marvin said, twitching his tail out of harm’s way. “Hi, Gary.”
Gary jumped, jumped, like young goats are wont to do, but Marvin didn’t smile like he usually did at Gary’s jumping. Gary jumped a few more times, trying to get his friend to smile his monkey smile, but when he saw Marvin wasn’t smiling, he stopped his jumping and started to worry.
“What’s wrong, Monkey Marvin?” he bleated. “Why aren’t you smiling today?”
Marvin sighed. “Rough day at the playground.”
Gary nodded. “I saw the baboon trying to catch your tail when you were on the monkey bars. I think his name is Bobby. He’s not very nice.”
“No, he’s not. He kept saying I was too little to play on the monkey bars. I’m not too little! He said to come back when I grow up.” Marvin stomped his monkey foot in the dust. “I need to get bigger, so he doesn’t say those things any more. If I’m bigger, maybe he’ll want to be my friend.”
Gary jumped, jumped. “How are you going to get bigger? I like you the way you are.”
“I bet my Noni knows how I can get bigger. Noni knows everything.”
“Oh! Oh! Can I come too?”
“Sure. Let’s go tell my mama.”
The two friends let Mama Monkey know they were going to see Noni, and set off with instructions to be back by supper-time. Since Gary didn’t have a tail to swing with from the trees, Marvin jumped with him all the way to Noni’s. Scampering over Noni’s well-manicured lawn, they arrived breathless at her lovely pink door. Knock! Knock!
Noni opened the door, beaming. “Marvin! Gary! What a nice surprise! Come in, come in, give your noni some Monkey Hugglages!” and she squeezed Marvin and hugged Gary. “I’m so happy to see you.” She held Marvin at arm’s length and squinted her pretty monkey eyes. “I see we have something to talk about.”
Marvin nodded and Gary’s head bobbed, too. “Well,” she smiled, “Let’s go into the kitchen and talk about it.”
Noni’s kitchen was Marvin’s favorite room in her house. The aroma of tasty treats was always in the air, and something delicious was always bubbling on the stove or baking in the oven. Today was no exception; Noni took out a heavenly pan of brownies while Marvin and Gary jumped about the kitchen.
“We’ll let those cool, dearies, then we’ll have snack with a nice cold glass of banana milk.” Noni sat on the window seat and pulled Jumping Marvin on her lap and said, “Now, tell me, my darling monkey face, what’s your trouble?” and she smoothed the hair from his little monkey forehead. Gary bleated and nibbled on the tablecloth.
Marvin told Noni all about Bobby the Baboon, and Gary added details. Noni nodded and rocked, and listened. When Marvin and Gary were done, she sighed.
“Getting bigger isn’t going to solve your problem, Marvin. You will get bigger, but there will always be a Bigger Bobby Baboon. What you need, dearie, is Magic Brownies.”
Marvin and Gary looked at each other with big eyes, and then at the cooling pan of brownies on the counter. Noni smiled.
to be continued…
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Only 70 days to go. That doesn’t seem like much, does it? I can’t wait (I know, I say that a lot, don’t I?) until you come over to visit me on Sunday, and I can make you brownies. I made brownies for your cousins when they were little boys, and ….
The puppy story isn’t ready yet, but I do have another story for you, Muffin. I hope you like it.
*
Marvin was a very lucky monkey, although today, he didn’t feel particularly lucky. His little monkey tail drooped in the dust as he trudged home from Jungle School, so deep in his thoughts he didn’t hear Gary Goat until Gary accidently stepped on his tail in his excitement at catching up with his friend.
“Oops, sorry!” Gary bleated as he jumped to the side with his nimble hooves. “Sorry, sorry.”
“S’ok,” Marvin said, twitching his tail out of harm’s way. “Hi, Gary.”
Gary jumped, jumped, like young goats are wont to do, but Marvin didn’t smile like he usually did at Gary’s jumping. Gary jumped a few more times, trying to get his friend to smile his monkey smile, but when he saw Marvin wasn’t smiling, he stopped his jumping and started to worry.
“What’s wrong, Monkey Marvin?” he bleated. “Why aren’t you smiling today?”
Marvin sighed. “Rough day at the playground.”
Gary nodded. “I saw the baboon trying to catch your tail when you were on the monkey bars. I think his name is Bobby. He’s not very nice.”
“No, he’s not. He kept saying I was too little to play on the monkey bars. I’m not too little! He said to come back when I grow up.” Marvin stomped his monkey foot in the dust. “I need to get bigger, so he doesn’t say those things any more. If I’m bigger, maybe he’ll want to be my friend.”
Gary jumped, jumped. “How are you going to get bigger? I like you the way you are.”
“I bet my Noni knows how I can get bigger. Noni knows everything.”
“Oh! Oh! Can I come too?”
“Sure. Let’s go tell my mama.”
The two friends let Mama Monkey know they were going to see Noni, and set off with instructions to be back by supper-time. Since Gary didn’t have a tail to swing with from the trees, Marvin jumped with him all the way to Noni’s. Scampering over Noni’s well-manicured lawn, they arrived breathless at her lovely pink door. Knock! Knock!
Noni opened the door, beaming. “Marvin! Gary! What a nice surprise! Come in, come in, give your noni some Monkey Hugglages!” and she squeezed Marvin and hugged Gary. “I’m so happy to see you.” She held Marvin at arm’s length and squinted her pretty monkey eyes. “I see we have something to talk about.”
Marvin nodded and Gary’s head bobbed, too. “Well,” she smiled, “Let’s go into the kitchen and talk about it.”
Noni’s kitchen was Marvin’s favorite room in her house. The aroma of tasty treats was always in the air, and something delicious was always bubbling on the stove or baking in the oven. Today was no exception; Noni took out a heavenly pan of brownies while Marvin and Gary jumped about the kitchen.
“We’ll let those cool, dearies, then we’ll have snack with a nice cold glass of banana milk.” Noni sat on the window seat and pulled Jumping Marvin on her lap and said, “Now, tell me, my darling monkey face, what’s your trouble?” and she smoothed the hair from his little monkey forehead. Gary bleated and nibbled on the tablecloth.
Marvin told Noni all about Bobby the Baboon, and Gary added details. Noni nodded and rocked, and listened. When Marvin and Gary were done, she sighed.
“Getting bigger isn’t going to solve your problem, Marvin. You will get bigger, but there will always be a Bigger Bobby Baboon. What you need, dearie, is Magic Brownies.”
Marvin and Gary looked at each other with big eyes, and then at the cooling pan of brownies on the counter. Noni smiled.
to be continued…
<3
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