Bette, Michael Colobus: Reunited & Together At Last

By Izzie of Bank Street School For Children, NYC.

Monkeys and people are very similar, especially when it comes to colobus monkeys and movie stars. If movie stars could be compared to a family of colobus monkeys, then the dominant couple of the troop would be Michael J. Fox and Bette Middler. Michael J. Fox would be the dominant male in the troop because he is so small. He also has many sides, his boyish look from the movies, and his hidden look (a goatee, leather jacket and a cigarette) to act as dominant as possible, and one to blend in with the rest of the troop. He would be a colobus monkey instead of any other animal because the colobus often have mood swings, one minute they are very tired and lazy, the next they are fighting each other and running in every direction.

Bette Middler is very vain sometimes and likes to show herself off. Her tail would always be nicely combed and she would only eat the very best leaves in Africa. Unlike the rest of her shy species, Bette would come way up to the glass in zoos and start to sing. She would be a colobus monkey because the females are very showy of their tales, and they like to be part of the fad.

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