Jojo in Gefahr [Jojo in Danger]

It's a sunny afternoon. The scent of flowers and fresh pastries fills the air. Jojo Jenkins boldly leaps up the familiar steps to the door, knocks, and enters. She's already standing in the hallway, his dear grandmother. Her face lights up when she sees her grandson. She rushes towards him and hugs him tightly. "Jojo, my boy! It's nice that you're coming to visit me again. As luck would have it, I even baked your favorite muffins. Come with me!" With these words the old chimpanzee lady led him into the kitchen. As always, Jojo is amazed at how little this place has changed since he was young. Since his mother left him as a child, he lived in this house until his studies and it still looks the same as it did then. Jojo sits down at the old wooden table, takes one of the tempting banana coconut muffins and lets his gaze wander. He sees memorabilia from his life everywhere. Ever since his mother left him when he was 10 years old, his grandmother has been taking care of him. She was always supportive and never made him feel alone or worthless. The whole collection she is displaying here shows just how proud she is of him. She may be his only relative, but that doesn't bother Jojo. They are happy together. He is often asked when he wants to start his own family, like the others his age. The thought of it seems strange to him. He's only just turned 30 and still has time to find love. Of course he's happy for his friends and acquaintances who are getting married and having children, but it's too early for him and he can't understand why people would desperately want to set him up. Jojo first wants to build his own life before taking care of a family. His eyes fall on one of the items on the fridge. He laughs out loud: "Tell me, did you really pick that up?" The old woman turns to him and follows his gaze. We are talking about an article from Jojo's school days - his first big disclosure story. "Of course! I only recently found him in the attic, but it was nice to see the foundation of your career with your other successes. You've always been a curious monkey, but ever since you joined the school newspaper, you've been there's no stopping you and I'm proud of you for uncovering so many crimes. My little superhero!" Jojo blushes. Although his grandmother is not wrong, the really big success hasn't materialized so far, since his main target, Bronco Banani, manages to escape from the courts again and again. Nonetheless, he is pleased to be able to remember this story again. At that time he had revealed that a lot of food was thrown away in his school, although there were many needy classmates. After the publication in the school newspaper, there were complaints from all sides and the school administration was forced to act. The prices in the canteen were adjusted so that all children could eat together and a school garden was also created so that any waste can be composted and used to grow fresh fruit and vegetables. Not only was this his first journalistic success, it was also one of many steps to do something good for the environment. And now his first work hangs between his more recent stories, which revolve around the great criminal Bronco Banani, who cares as little about his fellow monkeys as he does about the environment. Jojo Jenkins - the great investigative journalist fighting injustice. At the time, nobody would have guessed that he would take this path. The little chimpanzee sighs and adjusts his glasses. His grandmother looks deep into his eyes. "You're on a new case, aren't you?" He nods silently and puts a piece of the muffin in his mouth so he doesn't have to answer. There can hardly be any talk of a new case. It's just a lead and he doesn't yet know where it will lead him. And the circumstances of how he got this clue would not please his grandmother. She doesn't know about his habit of gambling, nor about the Bronco Banani casino ban that was imposed after his last big article, so he couldn't snoop around any further. A few days ago, while he was playing cards in a gloomy bar, he happened to overhear two gorillas talking at the next table. During his previous research, he had already discovered that Bronco likes to seek his henchmen among the gorillas - big, muscled with little brains who rarely question his instructions. Bronco sometimes seems to forget that they also speak about such things in public without caution. Jojo decided to pay more attention to the dialogue than he would otherwise when playing. The monkeys were talking about a major construction job on banana plantations and mentioned several digs to come. Since Bronco has secured a dominant position in the region with its banana conglomerate, it is very likely that this is a new venture of his. The small farmers can no longer afford such a thing. Jojo sensed more behind this order than it appeared. Could it really be a new scandal that just fell into his lap? He dropped out of the deck of cards. Luck wasn't on his side anyway. After paying his fee, he stepped out into the street. The cool twilight welcomed him and he decided to get to the bottom of this matter further. And now Jojo is sitting here in his grandmother's cozy kitchen. He had gotten into the habit of visiting her before starting any new major research and gathering strength once more. Luckily the chimpanzee lady doesn't probe any further. It's a quality he values ​​very much in her. The two continue to talk about this and that until dusk falls outside the window and it's time for Jojo to leave. The old woman wraps up the leftover muffins and hugs him tightly. "Take care, sweetheart," she said. "And come visit me again!" She kisses him on the forehead before Jojo turns and heads into the setting sun, willing to uncover Bronco's latest venture.