Keep Moving!

Monkey me and the golden monkey

Chapter 1 Keep Moving! " Stop! " my teacher, Miss Plum, said. “ It might not be safe! " I kept reaching for the banana. “ Clyde! " Miss Plum knocked my hand away. “ Were you listening?" Inodded. But I wasn't.

Well, I did hear a little. Dr. Wally, a scientist, told my class he had blasted the bowl of fruit with a special ray. He hoped the fruit would grow super large. But it still looked normal. " Isn't this interesting, class?" Miss Plum asked. Everyone nodded. Except me. I was on a school field trip to the science museum. I wanted to see dinosaur skeletons. And mummies. And the Golden Monkey!

But I was stuck in a back room listening to Dr. Wally talk about fruit. I was bored and needed to move. " Okay, class, " Miss Plum said. “ You have one hour to look around the rest of the museum before our bus leaves. " “ Yippee! " I yelled. " And no monkey business! " Miss Plum stared at me. But I was already out of the back room and in the museum's main lobby.

My head started spinning. There was lots to see. Lots to do. I had to keep moving. “ Slow down, Clyde! " I turned and looked at Claudia, my twin sister. “ You're getting too excited, " she said. " And that means you're headed for trouble! " “ Me? Get in trouble? Ha! " I said. " Well, I'm sticking with you to make sure you don't! " Claudia grabbed my arm. I tried to break free, but couldn't. So I pulled my sister to the dinosaur room.

“ Wow! " I reached toward a skeleton. Claudia pulled me back. “ Don't touch it, Clyde! " " I wasn't planning to, " I said. " Good! " Claudia said. " I was planning to climb it, " I said. “ Like monkey bars. " " You're kidding, aren't you?" Claudia's hand slipped off my arm. “ Ha! " I said. “ See you later, alligator! " Claudia tried to grab me again, but missed! “ Come back, Clyde! " she yelled.