George is one of the the strongest men in the jungle, always willing and protecting all the creatures from any possible danger. He has the keenest of sight and always knows when it is his time to rescue a plant or a defenseless animal in trouble, courtesy of his friend, the Tooki Tooki Bird.

"Tooki Tooki! Tooki Tooki!" the Tooki Tooki Bird squawked.

"What? Animal in trouble? No worry, me save it!" George proclaimed as he swung on a vine. "AAAAHHHHH!"

George then landed right near a defenseless baby leopard and saved him from falling into a puddle of quicksand.

"You safe now, little cub." George told the cub. "Nothing can hurt you no-"

All of a sudden, George then slammed his face into a tree, dropping the cub onto the ground. Luckily, cats always land on their feet and the cub went back to his mother.


Anyways, Tooki Tooki is vital to George's jungle protector job, but also, one of the rarest birds in the known universe. Collectors would pay a fortune for him, so greedy hunters search all over the world just to get one glance, especially the likes of Tiger and Weevil.

"Weevil, do you know how much that Tooki Tooki Bird is worth?" Tiger asked Weevil.

"Let's see..." Tiger looked at his fingers. "One, two, three, four, five, six...that be a lot of money."

"Exactly!" Tiger snapped his fingers. "And it appears that George of the Jungle has one of those birds. Millionaires would pay a fortune for one of those things!"

"I sure wonder where we can get one of those birds?" Weevil wondered.

"George, you dolt!" Tiger bonked Weevil on the head. "We are going to steal George's tooki tooki bird!"

"Arrrgh, that be a mighty clever idea." said Weevil. "But how do we do that?"

"It's quite simple, we just use this!" Tiger showed Weevil a CD of bird mating calls.

Tiger put the CD into a boombox and started to play some sort of screechy noise into the jungle.

"Aaarrgghh, that is the worst shanty I've ever heard!" Weevil put his fingers in his ears.

"I know, but it's the mating call of the Tooki Tooki and any one of them can hear it from a ten mile radius." said Tiger. "Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some earmuffs to put on."

As soon as Tiger put on the earmuffs, the mating call started spreading all over the jungle, much to the dismay of all of it's inhabitants, except for one certain pink little bird.

"Ooh woo! Tooki Tooki!" the Tooki Tooki squawked and started following the romantic sound.

Tooki Tooki followed the source of the sound over to Tiger and Weevil's shack. He used some breath spray, ready to see his mate-to-be. He then saw a female Tooki Tooki with a dress on it.

"Squawk!" Tooki's eyes turned to hearts.

He flew right towards the female Tooki and started kissing it, only to get trapped in a bird cage.

"Aha! That be the catch of the day!" Weevil laughed.

"RAAARRRR!" Tooki shook the cage, trying to get out.

"You can try to escape, birdy, but you're trapped!" Tiger grinned evilly. "Weevil! Get Mr. Snobbington on the phone! I've got some deals to make!"


Meanwhile, over at George's treehouse, our muscular jungle man had been reading the paper on his couch while his lovely wife, Ursula was cooking some food.

"George, have you noticed something odd about today?" She asked him.

"That you making pasta again, fella?" asked George.

"No, I mean, you haven't received any messages or distress calls today." Ursula clarified. "Usually, there are tons of animals out there who need your help every day, but you've only had one distress call today."

"Maybe Tooki Tooki sick or something?" George shrugged. "Me just read about strange disease called, Bird Flu. He might have it."

All of a sudden, Ape came bursting in the house.

"George! George! It's an emergency!" Ape panicked.

"Not now, Ape, George busy reading." George said as he looked at his paper.

"But George, it's about Tooki Tooki!" Ape tried to explain.

"Yes, me wondering where he is, too." George ignored Ape. "Maybe he went migrating or something."

"No George, I mean, I just heard that he has been stolen by Tiger and Weevil, those two notorious game hunters." Ape said. "We must save him!"

"How do you know that, Ape?" asked George.

"Because, news travels fast in the bird kingdom." Ape explained. "They are quite a gossipy species."

"That true." George nodded. "Well, there is no time to waste. We must race to rescue George's friend!"

"Right-o!" Ape gave a thumbs up.

George and Ape grabbed onto their vines and swung to save Tooki Tooki.

"And I suppose this pasta will have to be eaten by myself." Ursula deadpanned.


Over at Tiger and Weevil's lair, they were holding the Tooki Tooki captive inside of a cage. The two fiends were on the phone with an independent millionaire.

"That's right, Mr. Richington!" said Weevil. "We have an ultra rare Tooki Tooki Bird in our lair. Now let us confirm your fax number. Tiger! Type in the fax number!"

"Aye aye, captain!" Tiger saluted as he dialed the fax number and faxed the picture of Tooki Tooki to Mr. Richington. "And that be on it's way!"

In no time at all, Richington received the fax and was on his way to Tiger and Weevil's cabin.

"Thank you for calling, sir." Weevil calmly hung up the phone and turned to Tiger. "He will pay us ANYTHING WE WANT!"

"Arrrgh! That be so much booty!" Tiger added.

While the hunters were cheering for their victory, our heroes, George and Ape had been watching them from outside the window.

"George, we have to find a way to save Tooki before that buyer gets here." Ape whispered to George.

"Let's just march in and take him." said George.

"No George, we need an intuitive insight on how to retrieve our aviary friend." Ape proclaimed.

"What?" George rubbed his head.

"We need a brilliant plan to save Tooki." Ape clarified. "Now here's the plan..."


Eventually, the duo was ready to put their plan into action with George carrying a briefcase and

"Okay George, are you ready?" Ape asked him.

"Me not sure." George scratched himself. "This suit making me feel itchy and stiff."

"Trust me, it will be all worth it!" Ape gave a thumbs up.

Ape rang the doorbell and quickly zipped to the cabin window. As soon as he left, Tiger and Weevil came to the door.

"Arrggh, can we help ye, sir?" asked Weevil.

"Uh yes..." George read a note card. "You...gentlemen want to improve poaching game? Well...me have revo...revo...revolutionary product that can help you. Me think you might need it..."

"Of course we do!" Tiger nodded. "We just scored ourselves a rare bird!"

While George was distracting the poachers with his products, Ape opened up the window and managed to swap Tooki with something else.

"...now this one would work well against Chilean spider monkeys." George showed them a mannequin arm.

"Arrrgh, me see." Tiger nodded.

"Psst." Ape whispered from behind a bush. "George, time to go! I've got Tooki!"

"Not now, me with customer." George whispered back, then went back to selling. "Now this one-"

Ape's arm then emerged from the bush and grabbed George.

"Wait! Does this come in puce?" asked Weevil.


Later that day, the rich guy came over to Tiger and Weevil's cabin to get Tooki Tooki.

"Alright boys, now where is that Tooki Tooki?" asked Mr. Richington.

"Right here, sir." said Weevil. "Now, hows about that cash ya promised? Preferably a price with several zeroes."

"Not so fast, bub!" said Mr. Richington. "Lemme see that bird, first."

"A bargaining man, I like that!" Tiger rubbed his chin. "Okay, here is the bird. Weevil, bring in our catch of the day!"

"Aye, aye, captain!" Weevil saluted as he brought the cage with the tarp over it. "Here it is!"

The two poachers then unveiled the tarp, only to reveal that the fake female bird was there instead of the real Tooki Tooki.

"What the?" They looked at the fake bird.

"What is this?" Richington demanded. "Is this some kind of joke?"

"No, no, no!" Tiger pleaded. "I swear, there was a real Tooki Tooki in there!"

"Aye, some lubber must've took it!" Weevil added.

"I do not like being lied to!" Mr. Richington growled. "Aubrey! Max!"

Richington snapped his fingers and out came two mooks, ready to pummel on the two hunters.

"Aw nuts." They gulped as the mooks cracked their knuckles and well, the rest as they say is history.


George and Ape went back to George's treehouse with Tooki.

"Well Tooki, we save you." said George.

"Tooki Tooki!" Tooki squawked.

"And I hope you've learned your lesson." Ape said.

"George know he has, Ape." said George. "Stay away from romance and women at all costs. It just a trap."

"George!" Ursula glared at her husband.

"Just kidding." George chuckled.

THE END!


Author's Note:

Sure hope you really liked this, because now it's time to go back to see if Mr. Peabody and Sherman can get their bodies back!