The Great Bounce-Off

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Kiko the kangaroo sat on a park bench, his powerful tail draped over the side like a fuzzy question mark. He watched leaves fall slowly from the trees. One leaf. Two leaves. Three leaves. Yaaaaaawn! "Being the best bouncer in the whole world is boring when there's nothing exciting to bounce for," he sighed. His ears drooped lower than a melting ice cream cone. Even the clouds looked bored, hanging in the sky like lumpy pillows.

Just then, a brown blur swung through the trees. SWOOSH! Marco the monkey landed upside-down on the bench, his curly tail wrapped around the backrest. "Boring? BORING?" Marco chattered, his eyes sparkling with mischief. "Did someone say boring? That's my least favorite word! Right after 'bedtime' and 'no more bananas!'" He flipped right-side up with a grin that stretched from ear to fuzzy ear. Kiko's ears perked up like two excited exclamation points.