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The Zoo That Bit Back

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The Zoo That Bit Back

Theo, the star of our popular story The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate, returns for a new escapade in which the animals at the zoo face a major threat to the comfy lifestyle in the form of Mr. Shingles, the new chief zoo keeper.

Mr. Shingles does not believe in modern zoology. He thinks that pampering to animals’ every wish just encourages them to lounge and loaf around. His new regime is far from the animals liking. The animals want to “bite back” – but only Theo is ingenious enough to find a way.

Read by Natasha. Duration 16 min.

Life in the zoo was not as exciting as on the outside, but it had its attractions.   The daily menus catered for everyone’s  tastes.  Some liked berries, others liked bananas.   Some hungered for steak, others for fresh termites.   The food just turned up every day, and nobody had to hunt or gather.  The animals didn’t even have to tidy up their own cages or make their beds with fresh straw.  The keepers did all that for them.
 
The keeper of the monkeys’ cage was called Mr. Hartley.   He was a sweet man, and if the truth be told, a bit of a softy.  Anything the monkeys screeched for, he provided – almost always.  The chief monkey, whose name was Bozo, wanted a television so that he could watch Animal Planet.  At first Mr. Harley could not understand what he was squawking on about, but he saw that Bozo was pointing to the video screen that displayed important information for the visitors.   He tried turning it off, but that agitated Bozo even more.  Then he twigged what was in the monkeys’ mind, and he went out and bought the latest flat panel TV and put it in the window of his office where Bozo and his followers could watch it.
 
But such a life of luxury could not go on for ever, and it didn’t.
 
After Theo’s famous escape and his chocolate-crazed escapade,  the zoo was noticed in high places.    The local newspaper ran a headline that read:
 
“Slack Security at the Zoo.”
 
And a local politician ran for election under the slogan;
 
“Time to get tough on the animals.”
 
Pressure mounted for change.  The head zookeeper lost his job.   The new zoo boss was a man of a very different ilk.  His name was Mr.  Shingles, and he held old-fashioned views about how animals should be kept.   He didn’t believe in trendy modern zoology.  He thought that pandering to animals’ every demand just encouraged them to laze and loaf around.  He knew that his views were out of step with modern thinking, and he felt bitter because he had risen slowly through the ranks of the zoo service.  But now the town’s mayor had recognised his talents. His day had come.
 
On his first morning at work, he toured the zoo.  When he came to the monkeys, he could hardly believe his eyes.
 
“Who is the keeper of this cage?” 
 
“I am Sir, ” admitted Mr. Heartly.
 
“Well it’s a disgrace !”  shouted Mr. Shingles. “Monkeys lounging around watching television in the middle of the morning.   They’ll turn into TV zombies.  Take their goggle-box immediately!”
 
And Mr. Heartly had no choice, but do as he was told.   It didn’t matter how much Bozo screeched now – Mr. Heartly did not dare to cater to his demands. 
 
Next Mr. Shingles visited the part of the zoo called “The Kingdom of the Great Apes”.   He was furious that the zoo’s prize gorilla was too shy to come out and greet him.  “What’s the point of a hairy king who hides away?” he demanded to know.  “Tell his majesty that the visitors have paid good money to see his ugly face, and in future he had better show it.”
 
And as he continued on his tour he had plenty more to note about the animals -  and none of it was good.  The lion was asleep,  the koalas were hanging around in one big daze, the stick insects were all but invisible,  the bears were hiding in their lairs, the penguins were pushing and shoving at feeding time, the hippos were letting off great gusts of wind,  and the baboons were showing their bottoms to the visitors.
 
He gathered the keepers round and delivered this message:
 
“There’ are far too many scroungers, layabouts, and freeloaders  in this zoo.   I want every primate – and yes that includes the keepers – I want every quadruped, every bird, fish, reptile and every last tiny insect to understand this:  from now on,  if they want to eat, they must provide value for money!”
 
He gave special instructions to Mr. Heartly.   He must  make the monkeys do some scientific tests and prove their worth.
 
“Idle hands do the devil’s work,” he said.  “Keep those monkey minds occupied and they will stay out of trouble.”
 
Mr. Heartly tried to explain that it was all very well to teach chimps to do clever tricks,  but monkeys had smaller brains.
 
But Mr. Shingles boomed back: “Those monkeys aren’t stupid, they’re just lazy.”
 
And so poor Mr. Heartly spent his days trying to teach the monkeys to   count to three and to read the newspaper.  None of them showed an inclination to learn their lessons, except for one, and that was Theo. “Well well, well,” said Mr. Heartly.  “So it turns out that the naughtiest monkey of them all is the brainiest.”
 
Life changed dramatically for all the other animals too.  The keepers kept the lion awake by mixing coffee into  his cat food,  they cut back the Koalas’ eucalyptus leaves,  they sealed up the bears’ lairs, they painted the stick insects bright blue, and they did not feed  penguins until they stood  in an orderly line.  The hippos were put on diets.  As for the baboons, they weren’t allowed out of their rooms until they learned to show some respect to the visitors.
 
 
At night all the animals complained.   They were kept apart by their cages, but those that could roar, roared, and those that could squawk, squawked.   The wild birds twittered to their friends in the aviary, and all the talk was of a strike at the zoo.   A local reporter got wind of this, and went to ask Mr. Shingles what he would do if the animals went on strike.
 
“Ha! ” exclaimed Mr. Shingles. “If a bunch of creatures are too lazy to get out of bed in the morning,  how would you know when they go on strike?  In any case, we’ll just stop their food, and then we’ll see how long the strike lasts.”
 
And so the animals didn’t go on strike. But they were looking for revenge.  And Theo found it.
 
One day,  kind Mr.  Heartly was sweeping up the peach stones and banana skins off the floor of the cage.   Theo noticed that he had left his key in the door.  He swung by and grabbed it, before whisking it off to hide on a high branch of his favourite tree.  As Mr. Heartly left the cage, he noticed that he had lost his key – but he didn’t dare tell anyone about it, because he was afraid of losing his job.   Instead, he took the spare set of keys from his desk. 
 
“After all,” he said to himself. “What harm can come of it?   It’s not as if monkeys know how to turn keys in locks.”
 
But Theo did.   And that night he opened the door and loped over to the Head Keeper’s office.  Mr. Shingles light was still on .  He was working late, writing to all the keepers to tell them how much their wages would be cut.  But he had left a window open at the back, and Theo crept inside and hid inside a cupboard until Mr. Shingles left for the night.  
 
The keys to all the cages were hanging on the walls.   Each one had a label on its ring.   Theo spelt out “LI-ON”  and “B-EAR” and “Hipp-o”.   He was thankful to Mr. Heartly for teaching him to read.    Then he scampered around the cages opening all the doors.  First he let out the monkeys and  the apes.  He told them to make as much noise as possible to wake everyone else up.  The King Gorilla made a quiet but dignified speech, appealing to the larger animals not to eat anyone, and to be careful not to tread on any of the insects.
 
 None of the animals left the zoo altogether – they just fluttered, plodded galloped, swung, and crawled all over the public areas of the zoo.  Some of them tried the sandwiches in the cafe, but they soon realised that their own food was far better than what the visitors were served.   Others munched the leaves on the trees and nibbled the grass on the square.  An elephant wandered into Mr. Shingles’ office.  There wasn’t much of it left after that.  
 
In the morning, the giraffes’ keeper, a lady called Molly, was the first to arrive at work.  When she saw the animals wondering around, she immediately went back to her car and called up the local TV Station.  Then she called Mr. Shingles.
 
“Good morning sir. The animals have escaped.”
 
“Which animals?”  he asked .
 
“All of them.”
 
 As Mr. Shingles raced into work, he heard the news on the car radio.  None of it was good.  He heard his own name:
 
They called him,  ”The  tough man at the top” – and left it in no doubt that the fault of the fiasco lay with him.
 
When he arrived, Mr. Shingles brushed by the cameras and reporters, and went into the zoo.   He knew that it was very dangerous to be walking among the animals, but he almost did not care if he lost his life.   His whole reputation was in ruins.
 
Then a remarkable thing happened.  A monkey came up to him and offered him his paw.  Mr. Shingles took Theo by the paw and gently shook it .  Then the animals started to return to their cages.  You see, they didn’t really want to escape, they just wanted better terms and conditions. Theo turned over a rock and showed Mr. Shingles the keys from his office.  But he decided to keep the key to his own cage – the one he had stolen from Mr. Heartly – because nobody else knew that it was missing.
 
Mr. Shingles went back outside the zoo to meet the reporters.
 
“Yes, there has been a minor incident, but now all the animals have returned to their cages,” he told them .
 
“Sir, how on earth did you persuade wild creatures to do that?” asked one of the reporters.
 
“Long experience of  zoo work, and a touch of that animal magic,” he said. 

And so Mr. Shingles kept his job as the head zookeeper  - but only just.   He had learned to respect Theo the monkey – and he swore to get his revenge.  
 
And that was the story of the Zoo that Bit Back.

85 Responses to “The Zoo That Bit Back”

  • Siddh says:

    I loved this story

  • Lulu says:

    I hateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeee this stupid old story

  • Bertie says:

    Dear Pearl, Yes bozo finally got his TV back ! Sorry for slow reply. I have been away.

  • pearl says:

    PLEASE RESPOND TO ME BERTIE

  • pearl says:

    did mr shingles give bozo his tv back?please repond bertie

  • Sumer says:

    It was good. This story is pretty old but never gets old enough to listen to. theo went full donkey kong on the shingles dude . You need to make more story’s.

  • BOB says:

    it was boss!!!!!!!!!!!

  • eliana says:

    MAKE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Indigo says:

    These story’s are so fullllllllll of excitement .

  • lily says:

    hello its lily and I love this a great story oh and happy valalantines day to you

  • Butta says:

    I like this story

  • Shea says:

    I dont really like chocolate but i love the monkey Who loved chocolate

  • Shea says:

    I love the monkey Who loved chocolate but i dont really like chocolate but i still like the story and this one too

  • Shea says:

    I love this story and i love the story” The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate. Well i dont like chocolate but i love the story AND i love Story Nory

  • Jack says:

    Fun story

  • jade says:

    Lol this is halireous!

  • Andrell says:

    Make a another story Bertie says andrell

  • Andrell says:

    story nory

  • Andrell says:

    cool

  • kuda says:

    I like it so much

  • Abbey says:

    I love theo please make more about the evil zoo keeper

    And why he hates animals

  • mr x says:

    i hate this story u should stop noow

  • Michael says:

    This Story is so AAAAAAAAWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

  • courtney says:

    super story for me to read

  • Monika Rawat says:

    very nice….

  • Monika Rawat says:

    i like this story ,,,,,,. its really good.

  • sophie says:

    i liked this story but do you know any other websites with other storys

  • Joseph says:

    I liked the Zoo that Bit Back story. It was Halarious. This is Joseph saying, until next time…

  • leann says:

    I love it is perfect and the lions are the best I love them. And storynory is my favorite website.Now I am finish with my comment bye.!@#$%^&*()_+{}”:?></*-+,./;'[]\-=

  • regan says:

    it was a very good story

  • sarrrrraa says:

    cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool….very nice

  • Lotus says:

    I love it!

  • caleb says:

    Mr. Hartley. u litl too soft

  • tan says:

    very gooooooood

  • tan says:

    cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

  • Julius says:

    It good story

  • Bertie says:

    Thanks Theo (not the monkey)

  • Theo (really it is) says:

    My name is Theo. It is a thumbs in the middle story.

  • troy says:

    gooooooooooooooood

  • troy says:

    good story

  • tan says:

    woooooooooooooooooooool

  • tan says:

    cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

  • akif says:

    woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • LNP says:

    We think the story was very good. Mr Shingles was the meanest and not very popular but in the end it turned out ok. Mrs Pratt’s class LNP

  • hayley says:

    mr shingels is mean.

  • lilly says:

    I HATE THIS STORY:-*

  • katie says:

    i love this story
    well written structure
    and well ordered

  • brooke says:

    BEST STOry

  • io says:

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  • austin says:

    great story it was weird and funny at the same time i like the monkey

  • colin says:

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  • Rosa says:

    It Was Fun

  • Emma says:

    I loved it. I think Mr.shingles is a nasty man.

  • Katie says:

    Good! I liked it. I think that Mr. Shingles is very nasty and should not be allowed to be the director!

  • Kevan says:

    This is just my favorite website.

  • Kevan says:

    BERTIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • jasmine says:

    That was a very good story.
    no one can read betterer than
    you.!

  • jalen says:

    loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

  • Bertie says:

    Pandora, you are right, we should do a writing contest soon.

  • pandora says:

    this was the best one ever!!!
    and i want to give u a great idea!!
    do u think u can do a contest, to whomever does the best story(max.25 min.?) and whoever does, natasha can read !!
    But, if i don’t win, can i send my story, anyway?if not, it’s ok.
    But try the contest!!!

  • abdollah says:

    i love this story much i need to download them but there is not enough spead

  • Kevan says:

    Bertie,why is Theo always the hero?

  • Mac says:

    Bertie do you have a story about lions and other creature stories? If you do have one please report me back.

  • Kender says:

    bozo is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 or should i say girls… lol

  • Bertie says:

    Woo, RIght Click, choose Save As or Save Link as or Save Target As

  • woo says:

    how can i download?T_T

  • irteza says:

    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  • popoipopi says:

    do u think it was a bit to long? i sort of think so

  • pearl says:

    very excellent!

  • Bertie says:

    Thank you Anna. We’re really pleased you like the Zoo that bit back, and certainly there will be more stories about Theo the monkey.

  • anna says:

    this story make me carrzy hahahahahah reallly

  • anna says:

    i like this story and some fun and some bad i love this story.
    people come on say we love this storyyyyyyyyyyyy hahahahahaahahah.
    my point is it is very nice story i wanna to say more story like this not same story i mean sent more story like this on this web i love u for tis story. thank you so so so much xxxxxx.byeeee

  • anna says:

    omg very nice just love it i kno this is lovely story thx to all

  • annabelle says:

    theo is funny! I want more stories about him!

  • Stephanie Leung says:

    I like the story I love it but I didn’t think there was much things to do with Theo eating chocolate.

  • bhaavana says:

    IT IS SO ZOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

  • Don says:

    thank you for all of your nice stories.
    all of them are interesting

  • Tobias says:

    Haha thats was so funny.

  • adnan says:

    lovely sound
    i love it much

  • stephanie says:

    it was a good story but it was a bit boring at the end. the title is a good one for the story and it made it sound like a good story.

  • Bozkurt says:

    It was great! but I like the lions best

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