Giant Gorillas
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"And . . . ta-da!" the Doctor stepped back to show his work.
There was silence. From one of the tall trees, a bird squawked, then took off, the flapping of its wings reaching the group. Someone munched on a banana. Donna looked sideways at the Doctor, and he waved his hands excitedly.
"Ta-da!" he repeated hopefully.
Donna backed away from the group of gorillas and looked sideways at him. Still, there was no reaction.
"Is this how it's supposed to go?" she whispered, looking warily at their audience.
"No," he replied as the silver-backed male made his way to them. "But I know how we're supposed to go."
"How?" Donna followed his example of backing away.
"Quickly!"
"You know," the Doctor said when they'd gotten to the TARDIS and retained their breath, "I don't know why they got so mad. It was only a statue of a macaque!"