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Miko the Monkey
By Sue Clarke
Miko is a monkey. He lives in the forest with his family. His family is very big, and Miko is the youngest. He hasn't got enough food to eat and he is very small and very unhappy.
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Sometimes the monkeys go to the village near the forest to find food. There is a big house near the forest with fruit trees in the garden. The monkeys run into the garden and steal the bananas to have fun! There are also big rambutan trees. Rambutans are red and hairy fruits. Monkeys love them. But Miko gets no bananas or rambutans.

One day there is a bad storm. It rains and rains and rains. Water fills the forest and the monkeys climb up the trees. Miko's family of monkeys must stay in the trees because the water becomes a river. The river goes faster and faster. The monkeys' small piece of forest becomes an island. There is water all around them.

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