The king let out a wail of fright, but suddenly there was someone else screaming as well
Damascus, 17th Century
The African king suddenly had a wild idea. He raced toward the bed and jumped onto it with all his might. He flew into the air and was suddenly eye to eye with the mischievous monkey! He wrapped his arms around the monkey and they both crashed down onto the bed.
The soldiers burst into the room with their weapons drawn.
“What are you doing?”
“Nothing,” the king spluttered, staring at them as he lay with the monkey in a tangle of bedsheets and broken bedposts. “Just getting whatever it was that I had left here.”
“Get out!”
“Okay, okay, relax! I’m going!”
The king fled from the room; the plant clenched tightly in his fist.
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