The Juice Thief

10-20-12

    A few days ago, we went with Tyler and Keri to Misahualli. Mom, Keri, Abigail, Elijah, and I went to Ms. Juanita’s store, and picked up some eggs, fruit, veggies, and we all got some juice. We walked to the square, and sat on a metal bench, and drank our juice. Then some monkeys came around. They were really cute, especially the baby. As soon we had opened our mouths to say “Awww…”, one jumped up and grabbed a juice bottle, right out of Elijah’s hands! Elijah was pretty shocked. He hadn’t expected that. From Abigail or me, maybe, but not from a cute little monkey. The thief sat in the middle of town, right in front of everybody, and opened the bottle. Then, she smiled like some evil plot had entered her head. She climbed up the covered bus-stop and laughed. A monkey laughing at you can be scary. They have friends. There must be 20 monkeys in Misahualli, and they work as a team. The Juice Thief unscrewed the bottle, and dumped the remaining goodness. She didn’t drink it, she didn’t even smell it. She dumped it. While we were busy retelling the episode, (and Elijah was sticking his tongue out at the thief) the other monkeys attacked. They took more juice, one took a tomato, and one fought me for my wallet. They laughed. Not like “Wah-ha-ha-ha” but little squeaks and chatters that let us know they were making fun of us.