Monkey Tales

Our music-loving, trickster monkey stays one banana peal ahead of the Bear and the Tiger.

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    Quad Monkey

    jungle quad bikes

    The jungle is filled with the sound of chain saws. It turns out that the humans are building tracks through the jungle. What is this all about? The monkey the bear rush to find out.

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    The Monkey and the Flea

    The Monkey and the Flea

    Our cheeky monkey is bothered by an itchy flea. The flea claims he’s “just like the monkey”. What do you think? Read by Jana and written by Bertie for Storynory.

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    Christmas in the Jungle

    Monkey meets elf

    [audio: src=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/blogrelations/christmas-in-the-jungle-v3.mp3″] Story Written by Bertie for Storynory And read by Jana Elizabeth Ello folks, It’s Monkey here. Now, before Jana starts spinning yarns about what a trickster of a fella I am, I just want to let you know I’m not as bad as she makes out. There are animals in this very jungle, […]

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    The Tears of a Tigress

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    A little girl is sick and the doctors says the only medicine that can cure her comes from the tears of the tigress. The Monkey promises to trick the Tigress into giving up some tears. Will his tricks succeed? Dedicated to Hallie in New York.

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    The Bear’s Birthday Party

    Bear Dancing in Jungle

    The Bear is throwing a birthday party. Should he ask the tricky Monkey to play the music for him?

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    The Cat Who Wanted to Be a Monkey

    Cat and Monkey

    Two funny stories about our tricky Monkey. The are both about wanting the impossible! In the first, Baby Bushcat wants to be a monkey – so he can play and have fun all day. In the second story, the Monkey wants to fly – but ends up falling – for a trick – and literally falling too! Thank you to Wondery for supporting the show. Check out Flip & Mozi’s Guide to How to be an Earthling for fun and education.

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    Monkey’s Gold

    Gold Monkey

    The Monkey is back! He’s found gold in the river, and he plans to exchange it with the man for bananas. Will the Monkey be rich? Or will the man get the better of him? And what does the Tiger think of these golden plans?

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    The Monkey’s Laughing Place

    Laughing Monkey

    A man catches a monkey in a trap. All the animals that the monkey has tricked think he has tricked his last. But the monkey keeps on laughing. The Tiger and the Bear want to find out why the monkey thinks everything is funny. As a bonus, we read another story from our recent writing competition. Sponsored by Athletic Greens.

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    Why Bananas Belong to Monkeys

    Why Bananas Belong to Monkeys

    In this episode, we answer a question that has long puzzled some of the world’s greatest thinkers. Why is it that monkeys believe that they rightfully own all the bananas? Listen on to find out.

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    How the Monkey Tricked the Tiger

    Monkey and Tiger in Jungle

    A cheeky, musical story for our younger listeners – lots of tricky fun! And even if you aren’t so young, you might enjoy our bouncy song based on the playground chant, Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo!