First and Only Monkey

[catwomon]

I met a monkey once, just one monkey, just one time. It stole a large sweet tart right out of my hand before I could ever even pet it and see what it felt like and whether it was worth losing my candy. I was about eight and was so excited when Mom said there was a monkey and perhaps I could touch it.

It snatched the tart away from me and laughed at

Comments

[ecosopher]

I can just picture the little tug of war you played with each other! Thank you for sharing this memory *smile*

[roina_arwen]

That was very sweet of you to let the monkey have the candy because he had no money!

I have a similar story about a llama in a petting zoo eating a ribbon out of my hair when I was about four years old. I had been wearing my hair up in two ponytails, and although I was scared at the time (huge beast eating my head!) once I calmed down I fed him the other ribbon, because what good was ONE ribbon when I had TWO ponytails?

Child logic for the win.

[catwomon]

I like

[catwomon]

I like that story a lot. I hope the ribbons weren't harmful to him though. Sometimes I think we adults need to think a lot more like we did as children.

[kagomeshuko]

I've never met a monkey! I don't want to deal with a bunch of them, but I wouldn't mind one stealing some candy from me!

[jem0000000]

I imagine a whole barrel would be quite the experience, and perhaps not a very positive one. One sounds like it was rather fun, though.

[swirlsofblue]

Very sweet and amusing

[catwomon]

Thanks, (smile) and thanks for reading.