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Monkey's Search for Mum Tale

The butterfly tries to help a lost monkey find its mother by suggesting various forest animals, but keeps guessing incorrectly since none of them match the monkey's description of its mother. The monkey gets frustrated telling the butterfly that its mother is brown, furry and able to climb trees like the monkey. In the end, the butterfly realizes the monkey's mother must look like the monkey itself.

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Monkey's Search for Mum Tale

The butterfly tries to help a lost monkey find its mother by suggesting various forest animals, but keeps guessing incorrectly since none of them match the monkey's description of its mother. The monkey gets frustrated telling the butterfly that its mother is brown, furry and able to climb trees like the monkey. In the end, the butterfly realizes the monkey's mother must look like the monkey itself.

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“Hush, little monkey, don’t you cry.

Pll help you find her,” said Butterfly.


“Let’s have a think. How big is she?”

“She’s big!” said the monkey. “Bigger than ~N

“Bigger than you? Then I’ve seen your mum.


Come, little monkey, come, come, come.” Ni
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“No, no, no! That’s an elephant.

“My mum isn’t a great grey hunk.


She hasn’t got tusks or a curly trunk.
She doesn’t have great thick baggy knees.
And anyway, her tail coils round trees.”
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“No, no, no! That’s a snake.

“Mum doesn’t look a bit like this.


She doesn’t slither about and hiss.
She doesn’t curl round a nest of eggs.
“It’s legs we’re looking for now, you say£
I know where she is, then. Come this way.”
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“No, no, no! That’s a spider.

“Mum isn’t black and hairy and fat.


She’s not got so many legs as that!
She’d rather eat fruit than swallow a fly,
“She lives in the trees? You should have said!
Your mummy’s hiding above your head.” =»
“No, no, no! That’s a parrot.

“Mum’s got a nose and not a beak.


She doesn’t squawk and squabble and shriek.
She doesn’t have claws or feathery wings.
And anyway, my mum leaps and springs.”
“Aha! ve got it! She leaps about?
She’s just round the corner, without a doubt.”
“No, no, no! That’s a frog!

“Butterfly, butterfly, please don’t joke!


Mum/’s not green and she doesn’t croak.
She’s not all slimy. Oh dear, what a muddle!
She’s brown and furry, and nice to cuddle.”
“No, no, no! That’s a bat.

“Why do you keep on getting it wrong?


Mum doesn’t sleep the whole day long.
I told you, she’s got no wings at all,
And anyway, she’s not nearly so small!”
“Your mum’s not little? Now let me think.
She’s down by the river, having a drink!”
“Butterfly, butterfly, can’t you see?
None of these creatures looks like me!”

“You never told me she looked like you!”

“Of course I didn’t! I thought you knew!”

“T didn’t know. I couldn’t! You see...


“... None of my babies looks like me.
So she looks like you! Well, ifthat’s the case
We'll soon discover her hiding place.”
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“Hush, little monkey, don’t you cry,


I'll help you find her,” said Butterfly.

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of the bestselling picture book
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Illustrations © 2000 Axel Scheffler
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