Charlie the monkey who came in our life for a short while

Monkeys are a menace if they invade private properties.  If they come in groups they will empty whatever they can find and are a source of destruction. There are devices that can frighten them away without killing them. But we did not have to do anything like that as this monkey whom we named Charlie gave us some happy moments and left behind pleasant memories.

Charlie was seen here last year and visited every single property in the neighbourhood and was most seen here as we have several fruits trees. I now  know why after reading about monkeys

http://www.livescience.com/27944-monkeys.html.

they search for food travelling here, there and everywhere.

What I felt sad was that they are used in laboratories because they are intelligent which is not fair.

The most amazing thing I learnt however is that female monkeys will stop mating if there is no sufficient food around. They wait for better situations to present themselves. This set me thinking. I have this maid who has 8 siblings with a hand to mouth existence.

It did unsettle me earlier when Charlie came on the scene but now I miss him. So far he has not been a nuisance around. If I allowed him he would certainly use one of my sofas for a siesta but I am not sure how settled I will be to take this step. Now we have offered him our trees and he seems quite happy there He uses our water tank for his yoga exercies. (lol).

 

Preiti our pet loved him and would wag her tail whenever she spotted but from a distance just as us. I would not have been comfortable to have him around at close quarters.

I have countless video clips of Charlie’s activity in our garden.  The yoga exercises that he performed on top of our water tank was unbelievable. He would go up our jackfruit tree and help himself with the hack fruit.

 

I was told he would drink water from tender coconuts in the neighbours’ garden climbing up their trees.

Charlie used to keep munching all the time. He must have picked up some almond fruits from somewhere as he has left behind two almond saplings in our garden perhaps from the discarded almonds.

Charlie has never returned and even if he does now I would not be comfortable as he would no longer be a baby but a fully grown monkey and what an adult money would do is anyone’s guess.

I sit in my favourite corner and reminisce his pranks – all good ones. Whenever it rained he would jump and sit under cover and never move until it stopped raining. And how can I ever forget his announcement early in the morning with a shrill voice awakening the whole neighbourhood. I miss that alarm now.

He was adept at walking on wires which he did on our cable tv putting the experts to shame.  He was once seen on our steps leading to the house.  I had to close the door and frighten him with a loud noise to which he had reacted.

A well trained monkey is an asset but even before we could plan on that Charlie disappeared.