Grunt Monkey stretched and rolled out of his nest, high in a tree. As he climbed down, he could feel the aches and stiffness in his limbs was worse than usual this morning.

     "Man, I'm getting old. No, I'm already old, I'm getting older..." he said to himself. "Shouldn't have stayed up so late last night."

     Grunt had been up late the night before, just like most of Bipi had, watching the Bipian Bovines and their star quarterback, Rinse Once, win the Pacific Rim Bowl and the Championship of all the South Pacific. It would long be remembered.

     As Grunt reached the ground, he reached over to a termite mound next to his tree, pulled out some juicy, fat termites and wrapped them in some leaves. Not the best lunch but it would have to do. He  didn't think his body would react well to climbing up the banana tree today. He started the long walk to work.

     As he walked down the path to the Bipi warehouse, he remembered how his life had been just a short time ago. Grunt had worked his way up the corporate tree in Cimiland, another island a short way from Bipi. But, just as he was closing in on the top banana, the jungle floor fell out from under him. Woolburger, the biggest, and only, polar bear Grunt had ever seen, had come over to Cimiland and proceeded to eat all the workers there. Some said that Woolburger was always mad because he was always hot. That day, Grunt really wished Woolburger had stayed up north.

     When Woolburger had his fill, he let the remaining survivors go to Bipi and live. Only Grunt Monkey, Sore Ells, and Big Dee had lived to tell the tale. But now Grunt, instead of being almost to the top, was back on the bottom.

     "Man, I'm tired of this already." Grunt thought to himself, "But I'll be back on top some day."

     Grunt reached work and decided to have some of the Jumping Java Juice that the ZinnMaster had made. ZinnMaster was the greatest magician ever. So the ZinnMaster would tell you...

     Big Dee, of the "Red Hat" tribe, was there already sipping on his java juice. Grunt liked Big Dee, even though he was goofy in some ways.

     "Did you watch that game last night?" Grunt asked Big Dee.

     "Nope, I was too busy sleeping." Big Dee replied. Grunt thought to himself that HE should have gotten some more sleep also.

     When they could wait no longer without being late for work, Big Dee and Grunt got up and started into the cave that would lead them to the clearing where the warehouse was.

     Grunt thought to himself, "It's going to be a really long day." Maybe he wouldn't have to get many bananas today.

     "Yeah right." Grunt muttered to himself.

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