Monday, June 16, 2008

MONKEY! MONKEY! MONKEY! Yes, I saw my first wild monkey in Bolivia yesterday, and it was in my backyard!!! It was the coolest thing ever! And it{s all thanks to me going pee with the door open. So, i was working on a project yesterday on the computer (at my house), and didn{t realize how bad i had to go pee until i mean, i just HAD to go. So once i realize, i sprint into the bathroom and don{t bother closing the door. As i{m peeing i see something that looks like it could be a cat, but it{s just moving in an uncatlike way. Often times cats walk along the brick wall connecting my house to the neighbor{s, and the animal was up there, so i figured it could be a cat. However, something in my gut said no no no, that is not a cat. So as soon as i{m done, i stalk out of the bathroom towards the wall as quietly and sneakily as i could. and sure enough, there was a cute little monkey thing sitting in the tree staring at me!! I couldn{t believe it! i stood on a little plastic chair i had out on the patio to get closer to it, and it started approaching me. My head was right at the same level as it, and it was headed right for me! It started to get so close at one point that it was almost scary. But seriously, we just sat there staring at eachother for a long time. I wanted to get it some fruit or something, but i was too afraid that if i left it would leave, too. After a few minutes the little neighbor girl saw it from her side of the wall and started screaming and yelling *little monkey, little monkey* and it ran away. But the point of the story is that there are wild, cute as puddin monkeys here! Next time i{ll get a really good close up shot. We did get a few photos of it, but his true beauty just wasn{t showing up in the shots. oh well, next time he{ll be ready for his closeup!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH MY GOD! I can just see you on that plastic chair, making eye contact with a monkey. That's priceless, little angel. Priceless.

This Land said...

I have always said - anytime the words Gina and monkey appear in the same sentence, it's a good day.