I was just a little kid from Tennessee. I did not care about his clothes. I overlooked his bulky head and his desperate need for a bubble bath.
I loved him.
I loved him because he was the strong silent type. Always ready to listen and never one to talk back. If I needed a hug, he was there. If I wanted to play pretend, he was there. He was an ever-present friend in my childhood years.
I was in love with... a monkey.
His name, one you might guess from a 4-year old mind, was Monk.
Monk was my trusted and true friend. He traveled everywhere I did and racked up a ton of miles on those fuzzy little legs.
Monk is the one childhood item I could not bear to leave. Yes, he has been tied up in a white plastic bag on a top shelf in the closet, but he is still here. He survived the transition into my grown-up home.
We had a long-awaited reunion last night.
World, meet Monk. He's still funny-looking. He's still dirty.
And he is awesome.
Another post inspired by Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop!
(Prompt: A love story)
8 comments:
He is adorable! I had a monkey for years that was my security....thank you Hurricane Ivan for snatching that from me!!
How cute! I had a little pony named Misty but she didn't survive the grown up years.
stopping by from mama kat's
Aw, how cute. I had a dolphin growing up and I too still have him. :)
I could still remember I use to have a teny bear when I was a child.
He's very dapper :) Cute post! I didn't have a stuffed animal attachment growing up, but my granddaughter has her "little puppy". It's a very intimate friendship.
my five year old has a LOT of monkeys. One day, she's going to write about one of them with this kind of tenderness :) Im so glad I got to read this! linked up from mamakats.
That's wonderful you still have Monk! A friend of mine also has her trusted monkey friend from her childhood too. My husband had a monkey named Zippy when he was a kid that was his good buddy but he doesn't know what happened to him.
Stopping by from writer's workshop. Here's links to mine if you get a chance to visit:
http://karenzemek.blogspot.com/2011/03/story-of-love-writers-workshop.html and
http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2011/03/greatest-love-story-ever-writers.html
Hello Monk!! That is precious!
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