Punch, the Monkey, abandoned at birth by his mother, is now seven months old. For the longest time, while living at a zoo just outside Tokyo, Japan, Punch was on his own, bullied and shunned completely by the other monkeys there.

Punch was given a plush toy from IKEA, an orangutan, that became his only friend. Punch stayed with him, dragged him everywhere and slept with him. He would not let him go.

Finally, another monkey befriended Punch, and the barriers came down, and he was finally accepted by the other monkeys in the zoo.

But it was hard going there for a while. Punch's story is one of Grit and Resilience.

He shows how to do it. This is his story and the meaning for all of us. Check Punch out on Google and see for yourself.