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Bonkers for Bongo - a lost toy monkey
, August 4, 2011
The loss of a child is every parent's worst nightmare, a grief-stricken Upper East Side couple said yesterday -- even when the "kid" is a stuffed toy monkey.
Jack Zinzi, 58, and Bonni Marcus, 47, went bananas with grief after their beloved Bongo vanished in Brooklyn this week, plastering Park Slope with signs offering a $500 reward for his return.
"It's heartbreaking," Zinzi told The Post yesterday. "It's like losing a child. We take him everywhere we go, we talk to him. We even love to stand him up and make him dance and come alive."
Bongo is always by their side, accompanying the couple on trips to Coney Island and around the world, Zinzi said.
Jack Zinzi, 58, and Bonni Marcus, 47, went bananas with grief after their beloved Bongo vanished in Brooklyn this week, plastering Park Slope with signs offering a $500 reward for his return.
"It's heartbreaking," Zinzi told The Post yesterday. "It's like losing a child. We take him everywhere we go, we talk to him. We even love to stand him up and make him dance and come alive."
Bongo is always by their side, accompanying the couple on trips to Coney Island and around the world, Zinzi said.
But their constant companion mysteriously vanished at around 7 p.m. Sunday as the couple headed to their favorite Park Slope restaurant, El Viejo Yayo. They suspect poor Bongo fell out of Zinzi's pocket.
"Please Help Me Get Home," read fliers Zinzi posted.
The apartment-building manager described the 8-inch tall Beanie Baby as having furry peach skin, a tail, black eyes and a stitched smile.
Marcus, who teaches at a Manhattan private school, Rennert Bilingual, says she and Zinzi have a "spiritual connection" with Bongo and that losing him put a strain on their relationship.
She said Bongo's three siblings -- three Beanie Babies identical to Bongo named Doe, Ray and Me -- are also suffering. "The head of the family is gone," she lamented.
Zinzi bought the monkey 10 years ago for $8 at a discount store in upstate Binghamton.
The doll stood out from other stuffed animals in a barrel, and he "knew it would be a great gift for Bonni," he said.
Even when temporarily broken up a few times, they shared joint custody of Bongo.
"I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry," said Ralph Mallone, a security guard in Park Slope. "But, really, I feel bad for them . . . Buying another stuffed animal probably won't make up for their monkey."
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