Monkey

The young girl sat in her room looking at all the stuffed toys on her shelf.

Again, she looked at the monkey that sat at the end. He was new. Well, no, he was the latest. In fact, he was very old and worn. She’d been told that the old lady who lived on her own, in the cottage at the end of the street, had given it to her mother the day before. She said that her daughter might like it. In fact, she knew how much her daughter liked such things. Although surprised at receiving the unexpected gift, her mother was moved by her kindness and suggested that she be grateful and put it with the others. So, this is what she did. Of course, the girl had no idea that the toy was in fact a sentient being…

The first inkling of this fact came about when, on the following morning she discovered it, not at the end, but in the middle of the shelf.

From that point on, each morning she would find something had been moved; a chair, a book or a pencil case. Then, finally, it spoke. By this time, she wasn’t at all surprised at this. In fact, over the following days the girl and the monkey struck up quite a special friendship. It was at this point that she conveyed all these events to her mother. She felt that her mother didn’t really believe her.

Her parents, not actually being taken aback by the imaginings of their daughter, discussed the situation anyway. She had suggested a visit to a child psychologist, while he thought the whole thing was perfectly natural and would simply pass in time.

Meanwhile, the monkey, feeling that he could trust his newfound friend, had shown her how the panel at the back of her small clothes closet could slide to one side, revealing a set of descending stairs. It was down there that she discovered several more stuffed animals, all of whom could speak and move about at will.

After several visits to the basement with the monkey, she wondered whether she should tell her mother about it.

After much thought, she decided against it.

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