monkeybusiness



You decide to follow the second sign and explore a “whole new world.” From the atrium, you follow the sign to the maintenance shed. You open the door and enter into a dark and dusty room. While coughing from the dust, your eyes adjust and you see a shadowy figure searching through all of the tools. He grumbles as he frantically combs the shelves. Finally, you are able to make out his face and you discover that the shadowy figure is Aladdin.

“Excuse me,” you say, “what are you looking for?”

He quickly spins around, frightened by your sudden appearance, and replies, “I am looking for my monkey friend Abu, but he’s nowhere to be found. He was in here the last time I saw him. Have you seen him?”

You reply, “I’m sorry, but no. I came here on a quest to find Mr. Bull, the janitor, but I’m sure I have time enough to help look for Abu.”

You and Aladdin begin to search for Abu. You search in bins, tins, behind saws, and under tables, but neither of you are able to find him. You are turning to search the far corner when you find a peculiar object. It is a golden beetle, but it appears to be broken in half. When you put the pieces back together, the ground begins to shake violently. The wall before you splits, opening to a hidden layer.

“What did you do,” shouts Aladdin, hiding behind one of the shelves.

“I just put these pieces together! But what is this?”

You both peer through the dust and see two small lights. When the dust clears, you see that they are the glowing red eyes of a snake. It is Jafar and he is hypnotizing Aladdin with his staff. Aladdin begins to stare blankly in the direction of the staff.

“You will leave this place now, and never come back,” chants Jafar.

As Aladdin repeats, saying, “I will never come back,” you take a sledge hammer from one of the shelves and smash the head of the staff. Aladdin wakes from his trance and realizes what has happened. Once you destroyed Jafar’s staff, you hear a shriek to your right. You turn and see that Abu has been trapped by Jafar in a small barred cage. Iago, Jafar’s pet parrot, is guarding the cage, but you can see Abu peering through the bars. While Jafar and Aladdin fight behind you, you approach the cage and attempt to open it. “Raa, you’re not getting anywhere near Abu, raa,” squawks Iago.

Your mind races as you try to think of how to rescue Abu. You look around you in search of something, but you cannot find anything to fix your problem. You think back to what you have with you. Suddenly you remember that you have some left over crackers from snack. “That should do the trick!” you say as you search for the plastic bag in your pocket. When you find it, you pull a cracker out and stuff it into Iago’s beak. He screeches and flies onto the rafters. He is gone just long enough for you to open the cage and rescue Abu. When you turn around, hiding Abu in your coat, you see that Aladdin has cornered Jafar. Jafar curses Aladdin saying, “You will never catch me, Aladdin!” He reaches into his cape and throws wto stones on the ground. These explode into billowing clouds of purple dust, but when the dust clears, Jafar is nowhere to be found. Aladdin turns to search for Abu and is frustrated when he does not see him. Just as Aladdin begins to get angry, you open the side of your coat and Abu jumps out of your arms and runs to Aladdin.

“Abu!” says Aladdin, surprised, “Where have you been? How did you let Jafar catch you? Are you hurt?”

Abu squeaks reassuringly. Then Aladdin turns to you.

“I have no idea how to thank you! You helped me find my friend Abu! However can I repay you?”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Well, maybe you can help me find one of the items I need to complete my quest,” you say, handing him the list.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Oh, I most certainly can!” he exclaims, pointing his finger towards the item on the list, “I know just where to find a magic carpet!”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">He leads you to a dark and dusty corner of the maintenance shed where he opens a plastic bin. Dust scatters as he pulls out the carpet. Shaking it off, he says, “Well! Here it is! I hope this is what you were looking for!”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“This is perfect,” you say, happy to have found an item on the list, “Could you teach me how to fly it?”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aladdin unrolls the carpet and sits down in the center. Abu runs in circles around his shoulders as he shows you where the FDS is.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“This is the FDS or Flying Destination System. All you have to do is sit in the center and choose which destination you want to go to! Then, once you have chosen, the carpet does all of the work. Just sit back and relax!”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aladdin gets up and you take his place on the carpet. You turn on the FDS and see that there are three choices available. The menu reads: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1) the Woods <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2) Cove of trees along the path to Labry <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3) Middle School Office

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Which do you choose?