In the middle of a peaceful jungle, there lives a silly and funny baby monkey named Coco. Coco is not like the other monkeys who swing happily from tree to tree or play quietly with their friends. No, Coco has a very strange habit—he loves to cry, and not just a little whimper. He cries loudly, as if the world is ending! The jungle animals are used to birds singing and monkeys chattering, but Coco’s dramatic cries echo through the trees like a siren.
Every morning, just as the sun rises and the forest wakes up, Coco starts crying. He sits on a big branch, scrunches up his tiny face, and lets out a howl that can be heard from one side of the jungle to the other. The parrots fly away in a panic, the squirrels hide in their nests, and even the sleepy elephants look confused. “What’s wrong with that baby monkey?” they wonder. “Did he lose his banana again?”
At first, the other animals thought Coco was just being silly. Maybe he liked attention, or maybe he was trying to be a jungle rockstar. But after days of hearing his loud sobs for no reason, they began to think—maybe something is really wrong with him. He would cry when it rained, when the sun was too hot, when the wind blew too strong, or even when a leaf touched his tail. Everything seemed to bother poor little Coco.
His mother tried to calm him down with cuddles and snacks, but nothing worked. His monkey friends tried making him laugh with funny faces and acrobat tricks, but he just cried louder. One clever owl finally suggested that maybe Coco wasn’t just silly—maybe he had something stuck in his throat, or maybe his ears were too sensitive to jungle sounds.
So, the jungle doctor, a wise old tortoise, came to check on Coco. After a long look and a few gentle prods, the tortoise discovered something small and surprising: a tickling feather stuck in Coco’s fur! It had been brushing his back and making him uncomfortable all along.
Once the feather was gone, Coco finally stopped crying. The jungle became peaceful again—but now, Coco just giggles all day instead, proving he’s still the silliest baby monkey around.
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