We all groaned from our crosses.
“Look, Fred, just get us down, would you?” I looked at the ape man, who was looking at Fred. Reverently, I thought. “And what’s with the damn monkey?”
He stopped and dug in his Bermuda shorts. “Monkey? Did you hear that, Kong? Man says you’re a monkey. But then that’s what happens when you’ve got motor oil for blood.” He took out what appeared to be nuts and handed them to the creature. “Ran into this fellow in the food mart and he clocked me with a chunk of obsidian. By the time I came to, Penny was gone, you were gone, even the car was gone. But then this guy came back and I fed him some cashews; and we’ve been buddies every since. Isn’t that right, Kong?”
The thing bounced and grunted excitedly and sucked at the air between them. It sure acted like a
