Steam Packet monkey business wins smiles

Saturday, 4 November 2017 08:26

By Jason Roberts @ChpsChsGrvy

A little girl from Peel has been reunited with her cuddly monkey - after his adventures with Steam Packet company staff.

A little girl from Peel has been reunited with her cuddly monkey - after his adventures with Steam Packet company staff.Lisa Gayle's daughter left her furry friend on the Manannan, prompting her to appeal for his return on Facebook.

Staff then revealed they'd spent a day training him to work on the vessel, with pictures of him steering the ship, fixing the engines and driving a forklift truck.

They posted the photos to the company's Facebook page.

Monkey has now been reunited with his delighted owner.

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