Mimi Monkey and The Great Mountain

Mimi Monkey and The Great Mountain
Ellen Dewind

This story is about how a child can overcome illness thanks to love, support, care, faith of family and true friends.

Ellen Dewind

Mimi Monkey and The Great Mountain

A ray of bright morning sun shone onto the face of a monkey named Mimi who was sweetly sleeping on a tree. She opened her eye and then immediately squinted.

– Mimi, wake up! –  she heard her mother's voice

The monkey opened her eyes and sweetly stretched. Then she got up, ripped juicy green leaves from the branch that she was sleeping on, jumped on another one, where Mum was sitting with Dad and gave her mother the bouquet.

– Thank you, daughter – Mimi’s Mum smiled and ate the leaves.

– Good morning, Mimi! – her Dad exclaimed.

– Good morning! – Mimi climbed onto her Dad's lap and started eating a banana.

– Where are you going with your friends today? – Mimi’s Mum asked.

– We’re going on a hike to the Great Mountain! – the monkey answered, pointing towards the volcano.

– Be careful, – Dad warned – The Great Mountain is still sleeping, but it can wake up at any moment and start erupting red burning water. That happened many years ago.

– Don’t worry, Dad, – Mimi answered – we will go there and come right back.  I'll be home for dinner.

Mum and Dad kissed Mimi and the monkey headed to the tree where her friends lived. Clinging to lianas, she was jumping skillfully from branch to branch.

– Look, Kiki! Mimi is rushing towards us! – the monkey Lily happily exclaimed to her brother. – Hello, Mimi!

– Hi! Well, are you ready for a trip to The Great Mountain? – Mimi shouted, swinging on liana.

– Hi! Of course, let's go! – said Kiki, bouncing with impatience.

– Let’s go! – shouted Lily, eating a ripe mango.

So three monkeys went to The Great Mountain. While jumping from tree to tree, they were telling each other various stories, making jokes and laughing. They always had fun together.

When they came out of the forest, the friends jumped to the ground. They could already see the ancient volcano. Monkeys had been dreaming for a long time to get to this unusual royal mountain and look at it closer.

– Let’s come and see if Roar is already here – Lily said, pointing to a pile of boulders nearby. Normally that’s where their tiger cub friend Roar would rest after dinner. He would often play with the monkeys and travel with them to new places.

As they came closer,  Roar immediately jumped out from behind the stones.

– Hello friends! – he greeted them with joy. – Where are you heading?

– To The Great Mountain. – Lily replied proudly.

– Dad said it was a dangerous mountain. – Mimi warned.

– But we will only take a peek, just a little peek. – Kiki said.

– I'm going with you! – Roar jumped with impatience. – I will also have a very quick glimpse and then go home!

– It will be more fun if we’re together! – said Mimi and the friends hit the road.

– Have you had lunch, Roar?” – Kiki asked the tiger jokingly .

– Don’t worry, Kiki, little monkeys aren’t tasty. – Roar answered cheerfully and the friends laughed.

They didn’t realise the time whilst chatting when they finally found themselves on the volcano. The volcano top seemed to be very close.

– Look!– said Lily – some red splashes are visible on the top of the mountain!

– Let’s come closer! – shouted Roar. All of them wanted to see that miracle so much! Mimi remembered that her Dad had warned her, but she still went with very close to the crater with her friends.

– Look at this beautiful red water inside! – pointed Kiki.

The monkeys and the tiger stood bewitched. They had never seen anything like that before.

Suddenly the dangerous hot lava, which the friends had called “red water”, erupted beside them. They felt the heat coming from it.

– Run! – Mimi cried anxiously. – Dad said it was very dangerous!

Everyone started running. Lily and Kiki were running without looking back, frightened by the fiery water. Just before reaching the forest, they stopped, looked around and realized that Mimi and Roar weren’t there.

– Where are they? – Kiki asked anxiously.

– Maybe something has happened to them. – Lily answered.

– We have to come back – said Kiki.

– But … red water …is there – Lily muttered bewilderedly.

– Lily, our friends need help! – replied her brother.

Coming back, they saw Roar running towards them, and Mimi lying on his back clutching his neck. Her eyes were full of tears.

– What has happened, Roar? – monkeys shouted all at once.

– Mimi stepped into the fiery water – answered the tiger cub catching his breath – we need to take her home.

Roar rushed through the dense forest, and Lily with Kiki were jumping on trees, trying to keep up with him.

Sitting on the ground by a tree, Mimi’s mum saw Roar running towards her. She didn’t get scared as Roar was a good-natured tiger cub indeed and she knew it. Then she saw Mimi sitting on his back.

– What is the matter with you, Mimi? – Mum asked anxiously.