The Girl and the Monkey was a very interesting story in this
unit. It was a little short, so I think that would be a good opportunity to
give some back-story for a storytelling post. I think it would be really
interesting from the girl’s point of view; telling why she loved this monkey so
much, and how she got to this point. I think it would be a good idea to give
her some history with monkeys when she was little. Maybe she made friends with
one as a small child, and this monkey reminded her of her companion, and so she
fell in love with it. I could also add in a real argument with her parents, instead
of just saying that one had been had. Her parents would be so embarrassed that
their daughter chose to love a creature instead of a human. They would forbid
her to see him, and when she refused they would send someone off to kill the
monkey. I would also like to give the monkey a personality. It would be very
charming, and the sweetest thing to the girl, which is why she fell in love
with it. He would start off by giving her little gifts like a fruit from the trees,
which he hung in, or even a little flower from a meadow. In the end when they
burned the monkey I would portray the girl as very distraught over her love,
crying endlessly. Then she would come up with the plan to die with her love,
like Romeo and Juliet.
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