Complex sentence: The monkey then got off the ground under the appearance of The Little Man who is then shown climbing a ladder as he climbs he successively turns into an Egyptian, Greek, Roman, medieval knight, Victorian gentleman, and a modern man.
Split into simpler sentences: The monkey then got off the ground under the appearance of The Little Man, who is then shown climbing a ladder. As he climbs, he successively turns into an Egyptian, Greek, Roman, medieval knight, Victorian gentleman, and a modern man.