Once there was a city. It was no ordinary city, because the inhabitants were monkeys. This city was founded in an area with lots of variety. There were grassy plains, forests, deserts, hills, rivers, lakes, mountains, volcanoes, caves, arid grasslands, badlands, high deserts, and even snowy areas!
But there was one problem about this city. It was always being attacked. The attackers weren't other monkeys. They were...BLOONS! Bloons were basically multi-layered, talking balloons who lived in a cave right outside the Monkey City. The leader of the Bloons was a Red Bloon with big glasses. This Bloon was called Professor Bloontonium, after the glowing blue liquid that created the Bloons in the first place. Professor Bloontonium had an assistant called Pinky the Bloon, a buck-toothed and dimwitted Pink Bloon. Not a good choice for an assistant, if you ask me.
Every day, the Bloons would attack the Monkey City. At first, the Bloon attacks came by surprise. No one knew which end of the Monkey City the Bloons would come from. But then, the monkeys got the idea to have special Watchdog Monkeys, who would watch the border of the City for Bloon activity. Meanwhile, the monkeys all came up with special methods and machines to attack the Bloons. Besides, there were only Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Pink Bloons around at the time. But not for long!
You'll meet some of the monkeys in the next chapter. And you'll see why I said "But not for long!" at the end.
