Guffaw was sitting over in the corner of the jungle path with his head hung down and feeling very sad.
“Hey Guff what’s up?” asked Webby the spider monkey.
“Oh…I…..just…..I don’t know.” Guffaw moaned.
“What’s the joke du jour Guff ole pal?” said Anna the Anaconda.
“I think something has made him very sad.” observed Webby.
“SQUAWK!….Hey GUFF….tell us a funny one eh?” remarked Bluey the Hyacinth Macaw.
“I’ve never seen him like this before!” said Anna and all the others agreed.
“Hey Guff…Whaddaya call a guy that has to entertain animals all his days?….A Zookeeper! Ha…get it?” Webby was trying to cheer up Guffaw but it wasn’t working.
The animals all tried different things to cheer up their jungle pal but even a tickle under his chin from Anna didn’t change Guffaw’s sad mood.
“Maybe…Guff realizes that not everything in life is funny. That some things are quite serious and not in the least bit humorous.” Bluey was a smart bird. All of the other animals agreed to that. After all, Hyacinthe Macaws were the only ones in that particular South American jungle that could imitate that awful sounding human voice.
Well…all the animals tried everything they could think of to cheer up Guffaw and make him laugh again and finally after Webby had hung upside down by his prehensile tail and scratched himself and made “funny” noises and still no response from Guff, Webby said…”Well I guess we all just have to give up!”
Then as all of the animals began to leave, Webby slipped on a banana peel and fell down.
“HA HA HA…..Ho….that WAS FUNNY!!!!” Guffaw was laughing so much his sides started to hurt.
Well Webby’s sides and arm hurt too and he said to Guffaw…”Some things are funny and you can laugh but….I think I hurt my “humerus” bone!”