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Longneck And Marty The Monkey: A Short Story

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Deep in the African Jungle played two best friends, Lacey Longneck and Marty the Monkey. (turn page) The two friends were playing hide and seek. But little did our furry friends know that their game was going to get a lot scarier. (turn page) It was Marty’s turn to hide so that left Lacey to start counting down until she could go find him. (turn page) After Lacey finished counting she checked all of Marty’s regular hiding spots, but he wasn’t there. (turn page) She checked in logs and rivers and even in a beehive, but she didn’t check the beehive too carefully because she didn’t want to get stung. (turn page) Lacey looked high and low and all around, but still couldn’t find him and was about to give up until she heard a familiar voice calling
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