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(c) 2007, Alejandro Ayala Polanco ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author. Ilustrations: Marjorie Valencia English translation: Rita Ruz
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nce upon a time there was a solitary little ape, who never went to his chimpanzee friends’ parties. As much as they insisted him, as much as they assured him that he could eat as much meat as he wanted, he always answered the same: “I don’ t like meat, thank you very much, I prefer my little fruit a thousand times”
It could not be otherwise. The gorilla was vegan and never in their right mind would eat another animal. But one of those days, tired of being told he was boring, the ape decided to attend. He took a handful of his favorite fruits and set off into the woods -place where the chimpanzees 3
gathered to dance with their hands The ape was huge, much bigger than a on their head and jump from one tree chimpanzee, so he could not avoid hitting his head against a branch, which to another. made everyone explode with laughter.
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As they saw him arrive the chimpan- “You are so big and yet you don’t know how to behave at a party,� they said. zees yelled in amazement. 4
The ape, ashamed, offered part of his fruits in vain. Even some of the bananas fell, rejected, on his head. Unwittingly he ended up being the clown of the party.
The sun kept its course and the evening ended. Chimpanzees ate and ate, encouraged by the presence of the ape, who kept being urged to eat dead animals. 5
“Be a monkey”, they said, but the go- This time he lowered his head to rilla just smiled at them and ate his avoid bumping into the branch and fruits. said to them: “so smart that you are, much-mocked me, and yet still have He was a very humble ape. not learned how to eat properly.” They ate so much and so eagerly that soon many chimpanzees began to fall to the ground, prisoners of an intense stomach pain. “Oh, my tummy,” they repeated. And soon, only the ape was still standing. Realizing that the party had had an abrupt end, the ape started walking back home.
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Alejandro Ayala Polanco Author and a recognized animal rights speaker from Chile, has proposed a transformation approach of awareness in the boarding and understanding of veganism. Creator of Homo Vegetus, in 2002, the “Fonda Vegana del Huaso Vegetariano�, in 2006, and Vegan Seeds stories, in 2008.
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Homo Vegetus Tales of The Timid Ape show the diverse challenges that must face an ape living in a chimpanzees village. Contact: supervegano@gmail.com For more information visit: semillasveganas.blogspot.com www.homovegetus.cl