Little Patas Monkey example essay topic

Patas and Company A hip, hop, -hop, another quick jump, and the small yet very scared (La Roe 84) monkey had gone from one tree to the next. With a fuzzy white stomach, small, pointy ears, and a "red hat" on top of his head, this was a renowned Patas monkey that lived in Kenya's wild grasslands. The small monkey, with his big eyes wide open, searched around the neighboring trees for some nuts. He stretched his neck out as much as he could to look at every nook and cranny of the trees nearby, until he finally spotted a big juicy red nut (Woodland Zoo 1). His small snout immediately turned into a sort of grin, which the Patas are actually able to do. The little monkey (Clouting 138-139) suddenly got a running start from the branch and jumped like a bolt of lightning and hit the next tree.

His quickness, jumping from tree to tree was amazing, with his small body and his long gummy like arms and legs (Woodland Zoo 2). After a couple of quick jumps and hops, he had arrived at the tree to be, the one with the big red juicy nut. He quickly grabbed it and jumped. Holding the nut in one hand, the little monkey hit the ground and took off running. The sunlight in the Kenya grassland had started to dim, and the little monkey knew he had to get home before it turned dark and all the bigger and scary animals came out to get their own food.

As the little monkey was running, he noticed something in the clear distance. It was big, yellow, and had an uncountable number of black spots on it. Knowing that he would probably mean lunch for this yellow menace, he little monkey slowed down to a walk. The sun was seen less and less by the minute and it was halfway dark already.

He had to think of a way around because the yellow menace did not look like it would be moving anywhere anytime soon, or anytime soon enough for the little monkey to get home before it got dark. The grass bushes of the Kenya grassland were very tall, and it was hard for him to see, but the made a run for it anyway. Jumping and running as quick as his little feet could carry him, the little Patas monkey tried to run around the danger ahead. After a half a minute of quick running, the danger seemed to be nowhere in sight anymore, but the grassland looked familiar to him so it was the right way back home.

Knowing this, he took off faster than ever. Grasses brushing by his face and the sun almost down, he spotted his home tree (La Roe 86) on the horizon. The little monkey let off another grin like he had when he had found the nut. Before you know it, he was in front of his tree and he saw his brothers and sisters in the nest already arrived and asleep. With a quick jump and help of a nearby branch, he was up in the nest next to one of his sisters, and chewing on the red nut. It was one of the most tasteful nuts he had ever had because of the trouble he had just gone through to actually get it and get back home in time.

After a couple of bites, the little paths monkey dropped down and dozed off with dreams of adventures in the past and adventures to come while another day was about to be on the horizon, to bring him new adventures while nuts were growing somewhere to be picked and to make him late home, once again.

Bibliography

Woodland Zoo Animal Facts Article, January 2005, Revised in April 2005 web sheets / sava na / paths.
htm National Geographic, Life On A Fast Track by Lisa Moore La Roe April 2004 Issue # 223 Giant Book Of Questions and Answers by Diana Clouting 2002 Dempsey Parr Publication.