My daughter lives in a hostel facing a secondary forest. Her room mate likes to push aside the curtain to get a breath of fresh air. She looked up from her home work and screamed! There was a monkey crawling up the grating nailed to their window. Her scream frightened the poor monkey, who quickly descended.
Elizabeth (my daughter) is a little braver. She faced the monkey squarely and told him off. Just the day before, she had to clean the overturned garbage bin after one monkey sneaked in to look for food. This creature actually made a face at her before moving off.
Near my mother's house, there are many fruit trees. Squirrels abound. One went in through the door to steal the bananas hung near the window. It was a major undertaking to chase it out. We had to tie nettings on all doors and windows to prevent these cute animals from including the house as one of their daily food gathering centers.
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