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him? Even the elephants were running away!” As she peered short-sightedly
out of the den, she caught sight of Kubuka. “EEeeek! There he is! It’s the
monster monkey!”
Kubuka looked quickly behind him, but there was nothing there.
“Bazi, look out! Save me! Help! Help!” screamed old Moonhag, and she
scuttled back down the hole into the den, leaving little Bazi outside. The two
young animals stared, then burst out laughing again. Silly old Auntie
Moonhag!

Just then, the hyena clan returned. Lady Crocuta was surprised to find
Bazi in the company of a small monkey. “Where is your auntie Moonhag?”
she frowned.
Bazi’s mother, Mpisa, rushed up to see if her son was all right.
“Whoooooo-ooo’s this?” she said, looking at Kubuka, “And where-erre are
your sisters? Balani! Bamani!” she called. The little girl hyenas crawled out
right away, looking around with big brown eyes. They saw Kubuka and
giggled. “Heee hee hee! Look at Bazi and the Monster Monkey!” they
squeaked.
Monster Monkey? Him? Lady Crocuta and the rest of the clan looked
puzzled. Then Kubuka noticed that the little girl hyenas were staring at him
with great admiration. He smiled and puffed his chest out a bit. “Yes, well,
I’ve just been sorting out an elephant or two for my friend Bazi here,” he
said.
Crocuta looked at him doubtfully. “You had better tell me what’s been
going on, right now,” she growled.
It took a while to explain everything, but once the clan was quite sure that
Kubuka had only been helping out, and had rescued little Bazi by leading
him back to the den, then everyone had another good laugh.
Poor auntie Moonhag was in disgrace. The clan teased her for weeks
about Monster Monkeys, and falling asleep on duty. And to this day,

Moonhag is still afraid of monkeys, and hides away whenever she sees one.

But Kubuka and Bazi, as we all know, have been the best of friends ever
since.