Sunshine Zoo #1: Monkey on the Loose

By Sir Ryan Dale

Sunshine Zoo explores the adventures of ten year old Beverly Trail who is recruited by her uncle to help get the zoo back into shape. Being the daughter of a world famous animal conservationist, Beverly must use her courage and spirit to overcome what obstacles lay in the way of rebuilding a zoo that is in desperate need of a good zookeeper—even if that zookeeper is only in grade school. Often dangerous and sometimes over the top, Beverly’s adventures explore the passion of a child who will let nothing, and no one, get in the way of making Sunshine Zoo a world class zoo once again.

Sunshine Zoo #1 starts the series off with a roar, or rather a howl, as Beverly Trail must track down a mischievous howler monkey that is letting the other animals out of their cages.

This story runs 4,941 words split into 8 short chapters. Ages 8 and up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sir Ryan Dale
• Release date: Oct 9, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301232758

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Sunshine Zoo #1: Monkey on the Loose

By Sir Ryan Dale

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Chapter Zero: Inner Ear Infection

Mr. Chisum, Sunshine Zoo’s curator, tore open the zoo director’s door, panting for air. His clothes were torn in long gashes, his black hair was full of mud, and his face was filled with red scratches. He held up a few envelopes, and then said in a frail voice, The mail’s here, Chief.

Good heavens, Mr. Chisum! What happened to you? The zoo director jumped up so fast from behind his desk that his safari hat nearly bounced off his head. Moving rather quickly for a short, round fellow, he ran over and helped Mr. Chisum slide down into the chair in front of the desk.

I’ve just been doing this and that, Chief, said Mr. Chisum, setting the mail on the director’s desk.

Might you be a little more specific? I mean, you look like you’ve been run over by a pack of lions.

No, that was yesterday, Chief. Today it’s just been the usual stuff. That monkey’s still on the loose, a few more animals are out of their cages, and the train bridge is in need of repair. Oh, and Cornelius still needs to take his medicine.

Who’s Cornelius? asked the director.

The African elephant, said Mr. Chisum. You know, the one with the inner ear infection. He’s a bit wobbly, so I’m having a hard time giving him his medicine. He almost sat on me twice today.

Well, I can give the elephant his medicine as soon as I’m done going over the mail. The director sat back down behind his desk. "You just worry about