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Tales - Short Stories
by Jack Groves


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Once upon time in Latin America  - Wednesday 8th May 2025

Once upon a time in Latin America there was an ape. His name was Lincoln.  Lincoln liked to sway in trees like Tarzan. Blather nonsense just like other apes. 
One day. Under suspicious circumstances. Lincoln fell from the tree. Lincoln broke his arm and he couldn't climb back to tree. First Lincoln tried to follow other apes from the ground. But he always fell far back from his group. 
After few days a member from his team came down and said, that in USA there are apes, who don't live in trees.

Lincoln decided to move into north and USA. At the border Lincoln said, that he is "Ape Lincoln from Latin America.". US customs thought that Ape was Lincoln's first name. Lincoln got US citizenship as Abe Lincoln. 

Search of grounded apes brought Lincoln to Washington DC. When Lincoln went into Republicans office, his inquiries about walking apes resulted into a membership in Republican party. 
Few years after joining Republicans Abe got a seat in Capitol Hill. As common rep, Abe never made it to news. 
After the blathering fool got into White House, news about Lincoln's presidency reached his old fellow apes in Latin American jungle. 

Apes, who had exiled Lincoln from their community ... first with a push and later with lies ... got angry about Lincoln's survival and success. They ventured to Washington DC and shot Lincoln dead. After killing Lincoln, fellow apes went back to jungle. They continued their lives as noting had happened.

 

 
 
 
 
 

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