Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop

Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop is a book from The Adventures of Cliff Hanger series by Livingston Dangerously. It's presented as the 3,462nd adventure and teaches both the short "a" and "o" sounds and the long "a" sounds.

Plot[]

We find Cliff Hanger where we left him last, hanging from a cliff. He can't hold on much longer. Suddenly, below him, Cliff sees a very big ape. Quickly, Cliff reaches into his backpack and extracts his trusty survival manual. Using his expert decoding skills, Cliff begins to read. He reads, "When you see a big ape, disguise yourself as a very big banana. Then let yourself drop.". And he does just that. Has brave Cliff Hanger made his escape at last?

The ape peels the banana and sees Cliff. Cliff says, "Thanks, you big ape". The ape (thinking the man in a banana suit is a banana but it is not) says, "This is not a real banana! This is a man in a banana suit!". The ape, he then squeezes the banana suit. This sends Cliff flying back up to the cliff and back where he started from. The helicopter people sing the same theme song. Cliff Hanger is back where he started from. And once again, he can't hold on much longer.