Splendid Monkey Gallery: Picture 8

Tension is mounting at Monkey Towers. Clare sends a mysterious hand drawn elephant attended by a monkey with a banana up its nose.

This Superb Work - which gains many points, as it is Hand Drawn on the Back Of Something Else - is accompanied by A Note, an extract of which I include below:

"... Tarzan had summoned a whole army of snakes, gorillas, tigers, lions and chimpanzees to attack the elephants. And the chimps were bringing bananas as ammo, which they would use in the following fashion: (a) pelt the elephants in the face, and (b) pop out their contents and then use the skins to trip the elephants up. They were also going to climb all over the elephants and tie their trunks in knots, which would render the elephants unable to sing. But because each chimp would need one arm to hold onto creepers for swinging through the trees, they were going to carry the bananas in their ears, in their mouths and in their tails.

Hence the picture.

But I only drew one chimp. I couldn’t be bothered drawing a whole army. Sorry.

PS: The drawing was done on the back of a piece of scrap paper which is fascinating because it contains a List Of Stuff from an earlier incarnation of my current novel, which has since changed so much that none of the things in this list still apply [...] it contains such brilliant nuggets as this: ''H discovers leg is in double bass - feels urge to protect it" ...."

I don't know where to look. Such Monkey Gallery brilliance at every turn! But do not despair, for there are twenty whole days left until I choose Splendid Monkey Of The Month. You're still in with a chance, so send 'em in! Don't be shy!

Congratulations, Clare!


NB: A Friend commented last night: "But the problem will be that people don't have scanners." My only reply was: "I have no truck with that nonsense. If people want to send in a monkey, they will find a way."