:COOKIES:

"Must find somewhere safe to hide...A-ha!"

Monkey had been looking all over the Jade Palace for a place to hold his stash. He had finally grown tired of his goods being taken without thought or consideration. The first few dozen times were pretty funny. Why wouldn't it be? When he walked into the room to see crumbs all over a certain panda's face, it was naturally funny. Funny enough that Monkey had actually put his snacks in plain sight a few times, just wanting to hear what excuse he'd make up next.

Though, nothing could really ever top "angry floating bird heads, wit ninja powers" coming into the palace and only stealing the cookies.

But, sometimes...Monkey wanted to actually ENJOY the treats he bought.

Imagine the kung fu master's surprise and frustration, when hours later, he caught Po's hand in the cookie jar he had burred in the garden.

"MONKEY! Oh, ah...ummm, hi?"

"Po, what do you have there?"

The dragon warrior looked everywhere, as if trying to find what his companion could be talking about. (As if he didn't know.) Finally his eyes landed on the cookie jar in his grasp.

"Oh-hooooo, you mean THIS thing here?"

"Yes, exactly that. Where did you get it from, hmm?"

"Well," Po began, "Would you believe this! Here I was, minding my own business, when i stumbled into the garden. And I was totally surprised when I saw these pirates back here. You know, the western kind that steal ships and plunder and...stuff.

"Well, their captain had sent them here to hide the goods. And I was all like 'oh no you didn't', and they were all like 'oh we so did'. Then I told them no one was allowed on our palace grounds to do evil, and stuff. So we totally had this awesome fight, and I kicked their butt. They were even like: 'Oh, please don't hurt me!'. And i was all like 'Sure, I'll go easy on you...PSYCH!'

"So I continued to go POW POW SKADOOSH! And then...they ran away. Because I totally let them."

Monkey took a minute to take this all in, eventually a large smile spread across his face.

"The pirates were trying to hide cookies?"

"Yes...yes they were. EXPENSIVE cookies."

Huh...That DID top the ninja story after all.

"Then we should help hide the goods before they get back with backup. Pass me one, Po."