MONKEY TROUBLE

Those of you not on Facebook are not aware that we’ve got a monkey watch going on in my workplace.

 

The monkey was first sighted somewhere in this city a few days ago. The news spread through the city hall. For the first day all those who returned to the office were greeted with announcements of “We’ve found the Monkey!” and much laughter was had. There was also discussion of how, a few years back, there had been a wild boar sighted in this area. This lead to discussion of the merits and demerits of a Monkey attack vs. a Boar attack: Monkey people often sited the fact that monkeys can attack from above…although none mentioned the fact that boars haven’t got the thumbs or reach to fling poo.

 

Day two we got surveillance pictures. Mr. West thinks one series of the monkey sitting on a roof, bobbing his head, looks like an iPod ad. The monkey has been reported to be about a meter tall when standing. Monkey sighting maps were drawn up.

 

Thursday morning the monkey was reported in the park across from the school I’d be teaching at. As Mr. West drove me to the school, we watched the tree line. He pointed at a hill full of trees and whispered “Monkey Mountain!”

 

As I walked home yesterday, I realized that if the monkey continued to move in the same direction he would soon be in my hood. Sure enough, this morning Mr. West informed me that the monkey has left Nagareyama and is now in Kashiwa.

 

Just one more thing to keep an eye out for when I come home from my gig tonight.

 

 

MONKEY TROUBLE

Those of you not on Facebook are not aware that we’ve got a monkey watch going on in my workplace.

 

The monkey was first sighted somewhere in this city a few days ago. The news spread through the city hall. For the first day all those who returned to the office were greeted with announcements of “We’ve found the Monkey!” and much laughter was had. There was also discussion of how, a few years back, there had been a wild boar sighted in this area. This lead to discussion of the merits and demerits of a Monkey attack vs. a Boar attack: Monkey people often sited the fact that monkeys can attack from above…although none mentioned the fact that boars haven’t got the thumbs or reach to fling poo.

 

Day two we got surveillance pictures. Mr. West thinks one series of the monkey sitting on a roof, bobbing his head, looks like an iPod ad. The monkey has been reported to be about a meter tall when standing. Monkey sighting maps were drawn up.

 

Thursday morning the monkey was reported in the park across from the school I’d be teaching at. As Mr. West drove me to the school, we watched the tree line. He pointed at a hill full of trees and whispered “Monkey Mountain!”

 

As I walked home yesterday, I realized that if the monkey continued to move in the same direction he would soon be in my hood. Sure enough, this morning Mr. West informed me that the monkey has left Nagareyama and is now in Kashiwa.

 

Just one more thing to keep an eye out for when I come home from my gig tonight.