GRIT - Stories of Resilience

← GRIT - Stories of Resilience2. März · 29 Min.

Punch, the Monkey show us Grit and Resilience

Punch, the Monkey show us Grit and Resilience2. März29 Min.

<p>Punch, the Monkey, abandoned at birth by his mother, is now seven months old. For the longest time, while living at a zoo just outside Tokyo, Japan, Punch was on his own, bullied and shunned completely by the other monkeys there.</p><p><br></p><p>Punch was given a plush toy from IKEA, an orangutan, that became his only friend. Punch stayed with him, dragged him everywhere and slept with him. He would not let him go.</p><p><br></p><p>Finally, another monkey befriended Punch, and the barriers came down, and he was finally accepted by the other monkeys in the zoo.</p><p><br></p><p>But it was hard going there for a while. Punch&#39;s story is one of Grit and Resilience.</p><p><br></p><p>He shows how to do it. This is his story and the meaning for all of us. Check Punch out on Google and see for yourself.</p>