Rainforest Adventure

It was a wet night in the rainforest when the small TX3 plane landed in the jungle. On board was the famous explorer and botanist Smithson Roberts. His plan was to log new plant forms and monkey species. His hope was to photograph and log images of the notoriously difficult to find spear back ape and also find new strands of plant life that could have medicinal powers.

His bosses back in London were concerned that his work was taking him away from his family life so they decided to help him by continuing his work in a sensible fashion so nobody realised his mistake there were many beautiful sights to be seen in the world Smithson Roberts was a keen botanicalist and believed in the power of solar energy.

The jungle was hot and steamy in the hot midday sun as Smithson Roberts set out from his base camp as his face was covered by a Panama Jungle hat. It had been some time since he had last been in the jungle but he was determined to make the occasion memorable and useful.

Smithson was hacking his way through thick jungle grass when something interesting caught his eye. 

He noticed a dragon winged hummingbird and was immediately stumped as to what to do “Kawoo Kawoo” echoed around the jungle, Smithson had never heard such a strange yet compelling noise and immediately set out to record evidence of such a beautiful and unique species.

He hoped this discovery would put him on the front foot with his bosses back in London and ahead of his mean spirited nemesis Cuthbert Tinkleberry what an arse Cuthbert Tinkleberry was and immediately Smithsons’ heart was filled with pride at his new discovery the one thing wanted but could do nothing about.

His friend and rival Tinkleberry would be arriving in the jungle tomorrow and partly because he welcomed the banter and friendly rivalry Smithson was torn as to bring up the discovery of such a beautiful species of bird (Ornithology) with his nemesis and colleague but honestly he welcomed the distraction from his work.

The dragon winged hummingbird was a beautiful specimen with green and yellow plumage and a long speckled beak its wingspan was amazing when it flew and Smithson Roberts was proud to have logged it for the ornithological guild of explorers.

Cuthbert Tinkleberry was a rude and ruthless explorer who disliked everyone especially Smithson Roberts.  The two clashed upon arrival and red faced Smithson wanted to smash Tinkleberry when he stole his sketch book, all was not well in the jungle. The rivalry had two main effects it made cooperation for the botanicalists guild almost impossible. Tinkleberry was intensely annoyed that a three day journey had cost him the discovery of the new lucrative Dragon Winged Humming Bird. 

He was even more annoyed it was Smithson Roberts who was the direct beneficiary of his misfortune. He decided some sabotage was in order. He decided to thief away Roberts camera to destroy images of the dragon winged humming bird. Consequently the base camp was not a happy place, the air was filled with tension, if this was a boxing match the referee would have to step in after the two fighters would have slogged it out for the full fifteen rounds.

Smithson Roberts was angry when he realised the full extent of Cuthbert Tinkleberry’s treachery, what a swine he was totally alien to the explorers code. I hear you ask how could this be resolved, well that night a strange turn of events would bring both explorers close to the brink of extinction when the pair would come into the contact of an Amazon tribe where the women is king.

Bang Bang the attack came fast at nightfall armour clad fighters of fortune as if sent by Zeus descended on base camp. For the first time ever Cuthbert Tinkleberry and Smithson Roberts would have to act fast and work together if their expedition was not going to be ruined and their lives taken by a ruthless tribe of Amazonian female fighters.

Yet to be honest both explorers were kind of weedy and did not fancy the fight so both agreed the best option was to run so they scarpered through the thick undergrowth of the dark jungle floor. When they finally regained their senses both Cuthbert and Smithson realised the gravity of their predicament for the first time on their expedition they would have to work together if they ever wanted to get out alive. Then out of the blue a miracle happened appearing in front of the two botaniclists came a huge silverback ape came between them and their attackers who scarpered as they were females after all.

The silverback ape was magnificent and it stood tall over the pair of explorers guarding them from attack and for the first time partly out of relieve the explorers realised they could not go on hating each other instead they had to work together to understand make the entire expedition extremely successful making both rich and famous back in England, enough to make both realise any animosity between the two a pointless waste of time.

For now work had to be done not just photographing the dragon winged hummingbird but actually putting rivalries to one side to take blood samples and understand whether it would be one day possible to use the white blood cell platelets to cure disease or to transfer the apes into a breeding programme at London zoo.

The Apes were a magnificent creative strong and solid, they were proud and beautiful creature strong and solid. They were proud and beautiful creatures with black muscle and soft grey fur who roamed the forest like true gentlemen.

On their return to London the explorers were treated like heroes and they were delighted to have had a successful jungle mission. They made lots of money and concluded by setting up a bursary to support the explorers of tomorrow. By the time this was done they retired to cottages in the country and were best men at each others weddings quite a turnaround from careers as rivals