A heaven for Monkeys
TEXT AND PICTURES DALE R MORRIS
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Monkeyland, near Plettenberg Bay, is a 12-hectare slice of forest that literally teams with happy smiling monkeys.
WOW WHAT A LITTLE GEM THE CUCUMBER IS
Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
The humble cucumber is actually a little gem.
And not just for its nutritional benefits...
1. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower?
Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror: it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.
story time - the monkey and the crocodile
Monkey and Crocodile: Some time long ago, Crocodile and Monkey were very great friends. Crocodile lived in the river and Monkey lived on a tree which was there at the bank of the river. One day, Crocodile invited Monkey to his home for a feast. However, Monkey asked Crocodile how he could reach his home and yet he did not know how to swim. "Aaa! That is no problem!" Crocodile told Monkey. "I`ll just carry you on my back and swim with you!"
Make it a beautiful day!
How to Open a Banana - Scientifically proven!
This is how to open a banana.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mizaru covers his eyes, and sees no evil, Kikazaru covers his ears, and hears no evil while Iwazaru covers his mouths and utters not a word of evil.Together, these three monkeys embodies the proverbial principle of “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The source that popularized these three is a 17th century carving over a door of the famous Tosho-gu shrine in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Nikko</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place>. But the philosophy however, propably came to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> with a Tendai Buddhist legend, from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the 8th century.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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