Post #2

There once was a 10 year old boy named John. He lived in Alaska with his parents Jim and Nancy Freeman. John was an ice dancer. Instead of a dance partner, he danced with a stuff toy monkey. They won many competitions. One day, John looked over at monkey and told him that he wanted to go solo, but monkey didn't like this idea and began to cry. This stuffed monkey's tears contained a magic that brought him to life. Now in the middle of the ice rink John found himself twisting and twirling with a real live monkey! This monkey then decided maybe it was a good idea to go solo and broke away from John. "If solo is what you want, be prepared to be taken down," he said. The monkey began to skate better than anyone John had ever seen before. John became very jealous of monkey, so he suggested that they have a competition and see who was the better skater. The following week was the ice skating contest. John was the first to skate. He was extremely talented and did his very best twirl and circle eight. The monkey was next, he was a little nervous because the whole town was watching, but he got over his nervousness and really wowed the crowed. After the performance John and Monkey were lead out to the center of the ice to decide who was the winner. Everyone in the crowd was quiet as one of the judges lifted the microphone and said, "Today we have seen two terrific skaters, but the judges have come to a conclusion and the winner of this competition is the monkey!" Everyone in the crowed cheered. John walked over to the monkey and said, " Congratulations monkey you're a great skater, but I remember how great we were together and I miss that." The monkey replied, "I miss you too". The monkey took John's hand and they walked out of the competition as partners again.