The El Camino Chip Monk Brothers

Did you know that many squirrels are bullies?  It might seem that they are cuddly and sweet-faced but they can be quite nasty as well.  That was what was happening one day when a squirrel named Humphrey Bogart ran across a chipmunk named Brother.
"Hey you!" said Humphrey Bogart, "What are you doing?"
"Just gathering seeds to share with my brothers," said Brother.
"What's your name?" said Humphrey.  "Brother,"  said Brother.
Oh brother.  That's how it all started.  Humphrey Bogart said Brother was a dumb name and Brother was a dumb dummy.  Brother explained that all of his brothers were named brother.
And Humphrey Bogart laughed a mean squirrel laugh and said, "Get out of here and don't come back until you have a real name!"

Brother was scared and embarrassed and he ran home to tell his brothers what happened.  You might be wondering yourself why all of the chipmunks were named Brother?  It is because the chipmunks of 3070 are actually Chip Monks.  They are devoutly religious chipmunks you see.  Until the day that Humphrey Bogart the Squirrel made fun of Brother, they thought it was a fine arrangement.  However, Chip Monks are humble animals and if Humphrey did not want them to come back to gather seeds until they had names, they had better get names.  Winter was coming fast and they certainly needed to gather food. 
But where would they find names? 
They asked the Dove Sisters where they got their names.  Eleanor, Elizabeth, Goldie, Emma and Elsie cooed gently, "Our mother and father gave us our names, of course."
If the Chip Monks parents had given them names, it was so long ago they couldn't remember them anymore.




The Chip Monks tried to ask the squirrels where they got their names.  Judy Garland and Micky Rooney the Squirrels threw acorns at them and said, "Scram!"

Then one day as the Chip Monks were asking the King for an answer, they saw Man Robert the First on Man's Perch.  He was talking to another man who said he needed a new truck.  Man Robert said, "All I can tell you is, I loved that El Camino."

El Camino!

The gentle Chip Monks thought that El Camino would be a wonderful name.  After all, their good friend Man Robert loved it.  Let those mean old squirrels try to push him around!

The next day, three of the Chip Monk brothers went out in the morning to gather seeds.  Humphrey Bogart was already there with another squirrel named Clark Gable.

"Hey chipmunk, didn't I tell you not to come back here until you have a name?"

"Yes indeed you did!" said the Chip Monks all together.  "And we do have a name!"

"Oh yeah, what's your name?"  said Clark Gable.

"El Camino!"  the Chip Monks chirped in unison!

"That's a dumb old name and anyway, you can't all have the same name." said Humphrey Bogart.

"Oh yeah," said Brother El Camino, "That shows what you know.  This way,  everyone in 3070 knows our name.  We know no strangers!"

Humphrey and Clark thought that something seemed strange about that idea but they couldn't quite put their finger on it.  So Brothers El Camino, Chip Monks of 3070, gathered their seeds in peace.

And whenever a mean old squirrel tries to make fun of them, they remind him that they were named by Man Robert the First himself.