Monkey Tale - A Story Of Bicycle Safety (1954)

[Music] the chimp family are getting washed up ready for school baby can think of better places than the tub but Mrs chimp believes in a clean start to the day and no nonsense about it Charlie's the eldest he thinks he's pretty good bit of a showof Charlie but he'll learn then there's Chloe the family Beauty and Chester chimp Chester can't understand why he has to wash behind his ears every morning that's enough to make a fell Fed Up Baby knows she hasn't got a chance of dodging the tub so she decides to be good and now to break Charlie is a very dainty eater Chloe's really going to town but Chester's manners aren't all they might be just as well Mom's not looking [Music] now for baby's bottle mom shed it to her baby's being a bit D morning I'm afraid mom will have to take a firmer hand with her hey mom she's going to drink her milk and like it that's a good girl now well children time for school Chester and Chloe believe in an early start and and the baby go to see them off goodbye mom goodbye now I'd better get at those dishes and here's that smart alec Charlie he rides down the Garden Walk he's asking for trouble and he gets it boy what a telling off he's getting after that you'd think Charlie would have more sense but no he rides over the sidewalk and across the road if that young monkey gets to school in one piece he'll be lucky Charlie's coming to a pedestrian Crossing he should give the signal and stop for the people but he doesn't and poor Mr bird whistle is frightened out of his wits look at him going around that corner without any signal too bad if there was a car behind him no signal again when he crosses over to the school he'll get killed as sure as eggs now he's riding across the sidewalk what next the only thing Charlie ever shines at is writing and is he enthusiastic about it lesson's over for the day school comes out and Charlie and Chloe start off for home but Charlie still doesn't seem to have learned any sense look at what he's doing r double with Chloe on his bike that's stupid it's just inviting trouble and when a car backs out of the garage he hasn't time to pull up and Kash they take a nasty tumble anyone would think it wasn't Charlie's fault the way he's going on and the driver says he'll report him to the police serves him right that tumble really hurt Charlie and poor Chloe got a nasty bump on her head yo Big Ape so it's a sorry fair that limp home bruised all over but at last Charlie has learned from painful experience that it just doesn't pay to get up to Monkey tricks on your bicycle but Charlie's Behavior has landed him well and truly in trouble the people in the town are fed up with Charlie and his dangerous cycling and arrive at the chimp home to tell Charlie where he gets off Charlie hears the fuss and gets an awful fright and runs away and hides the traffic officer promises to deal with Charlie and see he doesn't misbehave in future so the people leave and he goes inside to straighten things out poor Mrs chimp is upset about it all and the traffic officer tells her not to worry that he'll have a serious talk with Charlie he hauls Charlie out and tells him that he's got to stop this dangerous riding and that he must look after his bicycle and himself on the road he gives him a little book safety with cycles and tells him to carry out the rules in the book and he won't get into any more hot water so Charlie studies safety with cycles and makes up his mind that in the future he'll carry out all the instructions in the little book and the next morning the first thing Charlie does is inspect his bike let's see if the tires are all right they're a bit soft they could do with a pump now they're all right now to test those brakes they seem to be working all right but he must see if they take hold when he moves the bike yes they're okay today he doesn't ride down the Garden Walk he Wheels his bike right to the edge of the sidewalk and stops and before he mounts he looks both ways the roads clear so he keeps well to the right and rides at a steady pace still riding well to the right Charlie is now coming to some people at a pedestrian Crossing so he gives the stop signal well in advance and pulls up at the Crossing and lets the people pass now the arm signal before turning the corner he's playing safe today he's getting near the school and he wants to cross the road he looks behind first nothing in coming so he gives the arm signal and Crosses over the road today Charlie does all the right things he rides to the edge of the sidewalk and gets off his bike and wheels it across the sidewalk and in the gate Charlie knows now that he can be safe on the roads if he follows the rules in the little book safety with Cycles after school there's no riding double Charlie Wheels his bike along the sidewalk and Chloe walks alongside and they arrive home safely without any bumps or bruises and that night Charlie sleeps peacefully because he knows he's been well behaved on the roads when all of a sudden a beautiful fairy appears she tells Charlie she has brought him his reward and Charlie wonders what it is [Music] diploma good cycling for Charlie chimp whoee [Music]