Here’s the story of Sana and Bongo, a girl and a simian…
Sanna: Thank you, Bongo, for being such a good traveling companion. You’re my favorite simian, you know.
Bongo: Thank you for dancing for me. I really like your tiny clean-limbed body.
Sanna: You’re welcome. I feel so safe in your presence.
Bongo: That’s what I’m for. To protect you, Sanna.
Sanna: I think we can stay here for the night. You look tired.
Bongo: Yes, but my being tired is not our only problem. There’s a more appreciable one, I’m afraid.
Sanna: Oh, please, no, Bongo. Last time you said that I was soon drowning in your booger.
Bongo: This time it’s even worse, I’m afraid. Can you smell the stench?
Sanna: Oh, I can smell it now. I’m desperately gasping for air. You’re not telling me it’s your…
Bongo: I’m afraid it is. We should have taken my potty with us.
Here’s the vocabulary summary:
| traveling companion | a person who goes with sb who is traveling somewhere |
| simian | a monkey or ape |
| clean-limbed | well proportioned |
| in sb’s presence | in the same place as sb |
| appreciable | large enough to be noticed or measured |
| booger | a piece of mucus from the nose — used especially by children |
| stench | a very bad smell |
| desperate | having a strong need or desire for something or to do something |
| gasp | to breathe with difficulty |
| potty | a pot that children use as a toilet until they are big enough to use a toilet |
