Monkey Town

Here Comes Trouble

It's been so long since Mick the Magnifico! cast a spell on Barbette, it's worn off!

"Mr. Magnifico! no longer interests me," Barbette said with an impatient sigh, "And I'm bored!!"

Uh oh.

Musty

News Flash!

Twila has another scoop!

"Well," Twila said all out of breath, "I hear The Lady's been getting lots of heat because she's been ignoring us!"

No!

"Yes!  And that's not all!  I hear she wants to thank some person from Canada, wherever that is, for reminding we're here!"

Cool beans! 

Musty

Be Nice!

No one in Monkey Town hates it more when things aren't right than Baby with a Big Head.

"Don't be mad at Mick the Magnifico!" Baby said.  "He must have a real good reason for casting a spell on Barbette!"

Everyone looked at Mick.  Mick looked at his feet.

Musty

Mean Mick

As soon as he heard "fight! fight!" Speedy came running!

"Oh, please, please release the beautiful Barbette from your evil grip," Speedy begged Mick the Magnifico!  "Or else... I'll... you'll...  "

Speedy couldn't finish his sentence.  Mick just smiled.

This mad The Man really mad.

Musty

Man-Handled

Normally, The Man doesn't get involved in Monkey Town business.  Today he feels he must.  So he picked up Mick the Magnifico! by the wool of his neck!

Fight!  Fight! 

"Alright, alright!" Mick said in a voice quivering with fear, and guilt, and the helium from a balloon he just inhaled.  "I'll turn Barbette back the way she was... on one condition!"

This made The Man mad.

Musty

Wise Words

Hey, it's Wise Monkey!

"Look Musty," Monkey Town's official keeper of the Wise Monkey Quotations said.  "There are all kinds of love in the world, but Barbette's sock monkey woolen heart does not belong to Mick!  Forget the coconut!  We must fix this fast before Barbette is lost forever!"

Ooooh!

Musty

Meanwhile...

While Twila, Monkey Town's official Cub Reporter, decides if she wants to give her sock monkey microphone to LaVerne for the location of a coconut, Barbette sinks further into... well, wherever Mick the Magnifico! has sent her.

"Even though I love Mick now, nothing else much matters anymore," Barbette said with an even more distant look in her green button eyes.

That's not good!

Musty

Snarky Malarky

Hey look who's wandered into Monkey Town!

"My name's Snarky Malarky and I'm from iVillage!  I hear this is the hippest place for sock monkeys on the whole world wide web!"

You better believe it baby!

Musty

Ultimate Sacrifice?

Trade!?  LaVerne wants me to trade something for the coconut?

I know!  How about Monkey Town Cub Reporter Twila's microphone!?

"Now wait just a minute," Twila said, her eyes widening in alarm. "I'm all for saving Barbette, but sometimes she's kind of stuck-up!"

Twila!!

Must

Trade Secret

Lurline Turtle's taking too long!   Now look who's here -- it's LaVerne!

"It's all over Sock Dollyville," LaVerne said while flipping her yarn hair out of her eyes.  "You need a coconut... and I might know where one is!  Do you have anything to trade for it?"

There was another long pause.

Musty