Marvin’s Monkey Bars

By Troy Wilson

Marvin was the only monkey in his school. And of course, he loved to play on the monkey bars. He loved to climb on them. He loved to swing on them. He loved to hang on them. But he didn’t always love sharing them. “I’m tired of waiting my turn,” he thought. “I could go a lot faster if I had the monkey bars all to myself.” Suddenly Marvin had an idea. A not-very-nice idea. He leapt to the top of the bars and ordered everyone to get off. “Monkey bars are only for monkeys!” he shouted. “They’re not called badger bars or sloth bars or cat bars. They’re called monkey bars. It’s right there in the name.” “That’s not fair!” said Christa, who was halfway across the bars. “Yeah!” agreed the other kids. “Not fair!” “I…

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