Tuesday, April 19, 2005

A big white furry (how else could it be) monkey got itself into the dining hall from the open window at the back room two weeks ago. My darling husband & Balqis had just left for the Mamak Store and Adam was left with me. You know when you feel another presence besides yourselves in the house, your 6.5 sense telling something else is around, for God's sake - turn around and look! Lucky I did just that and I thought I caught a glimpse of a very long tail, the same second I heard Adam going ... 'Monkey ... Monkey ....' My hands was full of suds from all the washings in the kitchen but I ran (about 225km/second) into the dining room, screaming at the top of my lungs, scooped Adam up while noticing the Monkey's face of terror at this screaming banshee and ran all the way with Adam in my arms, to the front room. The monkey had his hands extended, ready to scoop Adam up when I entered the dining room! It must have thought... here's a darling looking boy, let's scoop him up and carry him away but of course his thoughts was interrupted rudely by the screaming banshee.

Why I scream even before my feet took off the 225km/second? We've just been to the Petting Zoo a few weeks earlier with Balqis' school and I thought Adam might think that he could play with this Monkey or something like that. I started screaming at the same time I noticed the tail and hearing Adam's 'Monkey ....' ....which I thought was a good strategy.

The monkey ran to the back room, turning around once or twice, to see whether his assailant had left him or hot on his heels. Upon seeing no one close, he decided to rest for a bit on my ironing board. Both me & Adam peered from the front room hoping for a no-retaliation show by the monkey! It was, I could say one of those very lucky days when Adam did not contest me picking him up, running away from something rather interesting. Maybe he was taken aback with my screamings and decided to follow mom as the safest choice. Why ... when the monkey stood up, he was taller than Adam! And Adam is 34" tall! I was shaken rather badly after the whole episode and vowed never to open the windows at the back room, wide open anymore!

The day I almost lost Adam to a big white furry monkey made me realise that it would have been a very difficult story to tell for how could you lose your child to a monkey, in your own home. Adam still remember the monkey because sometimes, you catch him telling you again how he chanced upon a monkey as he walked out from the kitchen into the dining room. Now I am wondering -- will the monkey still remember Adam? You think?

signing off..Hazelinesnow at 8:38 AM [ | ]

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