It is a beautiful,sunny spring morning and the sky is bright blue with little white clouds. Runners from near and far are at the starting line. They’re preparing for the big race.
The animals take their places. The alpaca, runner number five, is still stretching. The other animals wait for her.
“Hurry up, llama!” shouts the monkey. “We don’t have all day!”
“I’m not a llama,” replies runner number five. “I’m an alpaca.”
The announcer calls, “Get ready! Get set …”
“See you later!” says the monkey to the alpaca.
“Go!” shouts the announcer.
Right away, the monkey disappears over a hill. The rhino thinks the race is hard work! At the back, the Alpaca is running very slowly.
Suddenly, the giraffe and the antelope crash into each other. They trip and fall. They cannot finish the race ! The monkey, the rhino and the alpaca continue.
The monkey is very far in front, so he stops to take a break.
“Why should I hurry?” he asks. “I can win very easily.”
He decides to play some games on his phone. After a few minutes, the rhino runs by. He lies down next to the monkey. He is very tired and cannot finish the race.
The monkey doesn’t notice. He takes a picture of himself.
“Hello, beautiful!” he says, talking to himself.
The rhino thinks the monkey is talking to him! He is very embarrassed.
After a while, the alpaca passes them. The monkey is still looking at his phone.
The monkey thinks, I have a lot of time. The alpaca is very slow. Suddenly, he sees a message on his phone:”The alpaca wins the race!”
“Whaaaaaa-a-at?!” the monkey cries out.
At that same moment, he accidentally takes another picture of himeself.