ANNIE, BEN and MANGO
You never know where they're gonna go
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MANGO!!!
Welcome to the Bonneville Salt Flats!!!
What other monkey but Mango would want to visit the Bonneville Salt Flats for his birthday?
Well, Mango loves cars,
and these are the fastest cars on Earth.
Mango feels sorry for his Mangomobile
-- it can’t go as fast as these cars.
Well, the Bonneville Salt Flats is for one thing only:
to see how fast a car can go.
In October of 1997
the Thrust Supersonic Car
was the first car to go faster than sound.
That’s over 760 miles per hour
or 1,225 kilometers per hour.
It went so fast it created a sonic boom.
Mango wants to know, what’s a sonic boom?
Sound can only go 760 miles per hour.
When a plane or car goes faster than that,
it * “breaks” through sound like sound is a solid wall --
-- and breaking the sound wall makes a loud BOOM!!!
Mango wants to break the sound barrier!
I can see that.
But I don’t think the Mangomobile can go that fast.
Hey it's...
ALLAN THE ALIEN!!!
Wow!
Allan came all the way from outer space to give you a birthday present.
Allan’s such a good friend.
Yeah, he’s ... OUT OF THIS WORLD!
Get it!?
Allan’s an alien -- so he’s out of this world!
bad joke, Ben.
Oooh, what did Allan give you, Mango!?
I want to see!
A rocket engine!?
What are you going to do with a rocket engine, Mango?
Please welcome Mango and the Mangomobile.
Mango wants to become
THE WORLD’S FASTEST MONKEY!
Mango, I really don’t think taping the rocket engine on the Mangomobile is a very good idea.
I think Annie’s right.
BLAST OFF!!!
Uh-oh, that can not be good.
Here it comes!!!
DUCK!!!
Wow! Mango really wants to make this work.
Yeah, but that’s nothing compared to the work it took to build this place.
How long did it take?
And how many salt shakers did they have to empty?
Oh, Ben, this wasn’t made by people,
it was made by nature!
This was once a huge salt lake.
Six times saltier than the ocean.
Then the water dried up and left a perfectly flat layer of salt.
In 1912 they discovered this was a great place to see how fast cars can go!
Once again, hoping to become the world’s fastest monkey...
MANGO!!!
GO MANGO!!!
Annie, why are Mango’s wheels getting bigger?
Because when you go fast, tires get hot,
and when they get hot the air inside makes them blow up like --
Balloons!
Mango’s out of control!!!
He’s heading for outer space!
DANGER DANGER!
SAVE THE MONKEY
Oh, thank goodness Allan put a parachute in the rocket.
He sure knows Mango.
Solid rubber tires. No air inside.
What could go wrong this time?
It’s Mango -- don’t ask.
Okay, Mango, this is it!
You can do this. You WILL be...
THE WORLD’S FASTEST MONKEY!
The last run of the day is ...
MANGO!
Good luck little monkey.
GO! MANGO! GO!!!
Wow! LOOK AT HIM GO!!!
And his car isn’t doing anything weird!
HE BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER!
HE’S THE WORLD’S FASTEST MONKEY!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO MANGO,
THE WORLD’S FASTEST MONKEY!!!
Wow! That trophy is a great souvenir!
And here’s the perfect ending to a perfect day --
BIRTHDAY CAKE!
And I’ve got one more gift for you!
Why are you giving Mango glue, Ben?
Well, he BROKE the sound barrier.
I thought he might want to GLUE it back together
GET IT!? BROKE!? GLUE!?
Bad joke Ben!