Once upon a time, in a small village, there was a restaurant called "The Cheeky Monkey". The restaurant was famous for its delicious food and the silly antics of its waiters.

One day, a group of friends went to the restaurant for dinner. As they were looking at the menu, they noticed that the waiter who was serving them was acting a little strange. He kept sneezing and reaching for tissues from his pocket.

The friends asked the waiter what was wrong, and he told them that he had a cold and was feeling a bit under the weather. They suggested that he should go home and rest, but the waiter said that he didn't want to let the restaurant down.

Just then, the signboard outside the restaurant lit up with a message, "The Cheeky Monkey needs a waiter!" The friends had an idea and offered to help the waiter. They dressed up in his uniform and started serving the customers.

However, things didn't go quite as planned. The friends started to mix up the orders and serve the wrong dishes to the customers. They even brought a bottle of wine to a table where the customers were all under the age of 18!

The customers were not impressed and started to complain. The restaurant owner came to see what was going on and was shocked to see the friends pretending to be the waiter. But then, he had a brilliant idea.

He decided to turn the situation into a joke and announced to all the customers that the friends were the new waiters for the night and that they would be serving them with their own special "style". The customers loved it and started to enjoy the silly antics of the new waiters.

In the end, the friends had a lot of fun and the customers had a meal to remember. The real waiter was able to go home and rest, and everyone was happy.

From that day on, The Cheeky Monkey was even more popular than before, and the friends were welcomed back to help out whenever the restaurant needed them. And as for the wine, well, it was kept safely under lock and key, just in case!

Reflections

1. What was wrong with the original waiter at The Cheeky Monkey restaurant?

2. Why did the friends offer to help the waiter?

3. What was the reaction of the customers when they saw the friends serving them?

4. What was the restaurant owner's idea to turn the situation around?

5. Why was The Cheeky Monkey even more popular after this incident?

6. What did the friends learn from their experience as waiters at The Cheeky Monkey?