Desperate measures
units of measurement in action
by Felicia Law
As a mysterious schooner approaches their island, the castaway monkeys, fearing that it is looking for them, use different units of measurement to help them track the schooner's speed and direction so that they may hide more effectively, unaware that the mysterious monkeys who watch them have other plans.
MeasurementFictionMystery and detective storiesMathematicsIslandsCastawaysMonkeysChildren's fictionMonkeys, fictionMeasurement, fictionMissing persons, fictionIslands, fiction