Ed The Gorilla Ghost

Ed the Broken-Hearted
Gorilla Ghost
by: aford as told to Abe

there once lived a gorilla named
Ed.
Ed lived in a big zoo and he
DID NOT like it.

he would get so mad at the
people walking by his cage that
he would beat his chest and
throw bananas at them.

people got so used to Ed’s
grumpy ways that he became a
disgruntled star of the zoo. and
the zoo sold t-shirts with his
face on them

Ed DID NOT like this even more
than he disliked the zoo.
he threw more bananas.

the zoo-keepers thought Ed
might need a friend to cheer him
up. so they brought in another
gorilla to see if they could get
along

the gorilla they brought in was
named Susie and Ed
DID NOT
throw a banana at her

Susie liked Ed too and soon
they became good friends

time went by...and no bananas
were thrown, chests beaten, or
t-shirts sold.

the zoo decided to send Susie
to another zoo.
Ed DID NOT like this at all.

however, he DID NOT beat his
chest or
throw bananas

he just died of a
broken-heart.

time went by...
the zoo did not get another
gorilla

people forgot about the angry
gorilla who used to beat his
chest and throw bananas

until one day a man lingered a
little too long by Ed’s old cage
and got hit in the
face with a banana

and some days when it’s real
quiet you can hear the sound of
a broken-hearted gorilla beating
his chest

the zoo started selling t-shirts
about Ed the gorilla ghost which
caused more people to come,
and more people got hit with
bananas

but Ed just missed Susie.
however, he DID like the sound
of a face being smacked with a
banana.
The End

by a ford