The Monkey Story: part 1

If there was one person who liked monkeys, it was Autumn Yuberker of 101 Cross st. She was crazy about them. She had posters of them on their wall. She had a monkey backpack and a monkey colored blanket. She had donated $50 of her allowance over the years to help conserve monkey habitats, and went to the zoo at least once every week to see how the baby ringtail was doing. There was no doubt about it, Autumn had monkey fever.
Every Monday at show and tell, Autumn brought something monkey. Once it was a book about the monkeys who lived in the Amazon rain forest, another time a stuffed squirrel monkey. And at recess, all she would do was update her friends on the latest bit of information about her favorite animals and swing on the monkey bars, pretending she was a spider monkey.
At first her friends were tolerant, thinking it was only a phase. But after a month she was still just as interested in them, yet her friends agreed to wait a little longer. When she organized her desk to look like a monkey, her friends threw out their "It's a phase" idea and started on their "She's crazy and we gotta help her" one. So it happened, that Autumn's best friend, Olivia Shallowater, had a plan. "And it's gotta work!" she whispered to Milo and Shanks, Autumn's other friends.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

I have been very busy lately, so sorry for my not writing for months! I will try and keep my schedule from now on. Now, for the announcement; I am now accepting other people to write stories on my blog. If you want to do this, send a sample writing to my email address at alisa.animal@yahoo.com. However, there are some rules to this:
1. You can not write any swear words, or make fun of anyone else. Do not give away personal information. If you do, your writing will be deleted as soon as noticed.
2. You can write as long a story as you like, but you have a limit of one story a week. Over writing will make it more likely that readers will miss reading your story.
3. Please do not write anything too gruesome or yucky, as younger readers may not appreciate the dialogue.
4. Do not delete or change anyone's written work without their permission or if they have violated the rules above. If you do, your stories will be deleted as soon as possible.
5. Please do not be too upset because if there are already many writers, or for some reason you are not accepted, it is possible I will accept you later. Try again in a week or more.