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This will not be an easy mission – monkeys slow the expedition.
— Peter Shepherd · Jumanji
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker warns that the journey will be difficult, then names an oddly specific obstacle: monkeys that hold the group back. The mix of grave planning language and comic hindrance makes the challenge sound both serious and faintly ridiculous, as if mischief itself were the enemy.
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