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The Year of (Mr.) Monkey with @smallpaul

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Curious George has a cousin. Mr. Monkey is just as mischievous as his famous relative and even has his own “Man in the Yellow Hat” to ferry him from adventure to adventure — Paul Copeland (@smallpaul), who says Mr. Monkey has traveled to five continents, about 45 countries and snapped selfies with celebrities, like former pro soccer player Thierry Henry. “I’m just the courier, photographer, tour guide and Sherpa for Mr. Monkey,” says Paul, a creative director based in Singapore who was born in the year of the monkey. “He’s got his own personality — jaunty. I don’t want a selfie, he does.” It all started 20 years ago when Paul’s girlfriend at the time fell ill on a ski trip and he took pictures of Mr. Monkey to show her the trails she’d missed. Now, he has thousands of photos he hopes to collect in a book and pass down to his kids, along with Mr. Monkey himself. But like the Man in the Yellow Hat, Paul is always scared Mr. Monkey’s inquisitive nature will get him in hot water. “I’m terrified of the day he disappears,” he says. “But being a year of the monkey, I think this could be his year.”

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