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Once upon a time, there was a monkey named 

Momo the monkey. Momo is a simple monkey 

living in the Monkey jungle, making a living by 

selling bananas at his own shop, the banana stand. 

He lived in his very own tree, and was popular.

Momo, at the time, was engaged to a monkey named 

Sasha, one of the most beautiful Orangutans in the 

jungle. She had glossy fur and a great personality that 

Momo loved. 

But, little did Momo know that his best friend, Wally 

the gorilla, was plotting against him to end the 

relationship.

Wally was a friend of Momo's for a long time, but started 

to dislike him for he stole his love, Sasha. 

So, wally did something very bad.

On a very cloudy day, Wally sneaked into the Great 

Dane’s tree. The great dane is a fearless gorilla that is 

accepted as the general leader of the Monkey Jungle. 

Wally snuck in and stole the Great Dane’s priceless 

bananas, which he kept for himself in an ornate fruit 

basket. 

Wally took the bananas and fled the scene.

The next day, Momo got an unusual visit from none 

other than the Great Dane. The great Dane looked very 

mad.

All of a sudden, the great dane shoved Momo aside, 

climbed up to his tree, came down with what was none 

other than the Great Dane’s bananas.

The Great Dane was in a fierce rage, and has decided 

that the only viable punishment for Momo was 

banishment from the Monkey Jungle. Momo was very 

confused, and pleaded with the Great Dane to see 

reason, because he didn’t know how the prized bananas 

got into his tree. But, in the end, Momo was sent out of 

the Monkey Jungle, with nothing but his bananas.

As Momo walked off, he took one last look back at the 

Monkey Jungle, and saw 2 things: The Great Dane, staring 

him down and waiting until Momo was out of sight, and his 

friend Wally, grinning uncontrollably as Momo disappeared 

over the Horizon. 

5 years have passed since the fateful day when Momo 

left The Monkey Jungle. He has now started a new life 

in the Savannah, a land ruled by the Lion Pride, a group 

of Lions that rule the Savannah.

Momo now operates his banana stand in the 

Savannah. He doesn’t get much business, but what 

little he did get was used to fill his belly. He was 

generally happy now, taking on collecting shiny rocks 

of considerable value as a hobby. He hid these in the 

back of his house in a cupboard. Momo has gotten 

over what happened 5 years earlier through this 

hobby, keeping the memory suppressed and out of his 

mind.. But little did he know that his life was about to 

undergo another huge change...

In another part of the Savannah, Leo, one of the Princes 

of the Lion Pride, was taking a stroll through the 

savannah. Leo was a proud man, and one of the nicest 

people around. Or so it seemed. Leo, in fact, was on his 

way to meet someone. This someone was Monica, a squirrel 

who Leo had become friends with a few years ago. Monica 

was currently taking care of her baby daughter, whose father 

has not been seen for a few years now.

Since the disappearance of the father, Leo has been 

helping Monica take care of the child. But, recently, 

Leo has been neglecting Monica in helping her raise her 

daughter. Monica was upset about this, but was too 

busy with her daughter to do anything about it at the 

moment. 

Leo at the moment was actually on his way to meet 

Waldo, his brother which no one really likes. Waldo was 

the only person that knew about Leo helping a squirrel. 

And for good reason. 

If anyone knew about Leo helping Monica, it would make 

Leo seem weak, and he could lose not only his spot on the 

Lion Pride throne, he would also lose any chance of getting 

married to Natalie the lioness. 

Natalie the lioness was a princess from the Jungle kingdom 

that is staying in the Savannah to get closer to the Lion 

pride. 

Leo intends to propose to her soon, so he has neglected 

visiting Monica so that no one would get the wrong idea. 

But, as mentioned before, Waldo knew about his secret 

and wanted something from Leo. Leo had no choice but 

to agree to Waldo’s terms, otherwise he would run the 

risk of losing everything he worked so hard to get in life. 

What did Waldo want? It was nothing much really. He 

wanted Leo’s necklace. Leo’s necklace is an artifact 

that has been passed down through generation after 

generation of the Lion pride. It has only sentimental 

value to the Lion pride, and little value to most animals, 

but Waldo wanted it because he knew that to the right 

person it would be worth a lifetime of food!

Leo, knowing there was no other way, unwillingly gave 

the family heirloom to his brother. Waldo then ran off.

Waldo planned to leave the Savannah with the 

necklace, knowing that it would be more valuable 

elsewhere, but first made a quick stop.

Based on some rumors he heard, he went to look at 

the residence of Momo the Monkey. Momo, a 

monkey, living in the Savannah was already 

suspicious to Waldo. But he heard rumors of Momo 

having a collection of rare rocks, rocks that are worth 

a lot. Waldo thought, since he’s leaving, why not take 

something extra with him? So he snuck into Momo’s 

house, which was luckily unlocked, and took the metals 

and ran for it. That would be the last time the Savannah 

would see Waldo for a long time. 

Momo returns to his house to find the door was 

unlocked. He rushed to the back of his house, fearing 

the worst, and   found his cupboard open, and the rare 

rocks gone. He reported this incident the to Lion Pride, 

but was told that the criminal won’t be found anytime 

soon.

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