Ever seen a monkey asking for
something to eat ? At least the answer from me is in the affirmative. I have
written in my earler post that monkeys at my new place of residence are a
gentler lot and this one is a living example. 
The least good looking
even by simian standards, it engaged
the attention of my wife and me on a
very cold day this winter when we were
sitting around a fire outside our home. It came from nowhere, sat at a
distance and made a
typical-----oooooon-sound . My wife ,a Hanuman bhakt , knowing instinctively, that it was hungry and was asking
for something to eat went inside and
brought two chapatis and gave to it, which it gently took in both paws in a human fashion and went away. 
One day there was a surprise in
store for us. My wife brought and gave
it a
few bread slices , which it smelt
and left . Jokingly I told my wife that
the monkey had not eaten the bread
as the slices had a thin coating of egg
yolk on the outer pieces, and that it was a true vegetarian monkey .My wife
then gave it a roti which it
ate. Since
then its visits have become a routine and, every other day it comes, makes that peculiar
sound and takes whatever is given and eats
there and then when no other of its ilk is around
.
.
There are times when there is
nothing to offer, and the door is
closed, it knocks at the door repeatedly
and goes away when there is no response.
Who can say animals have no intelligence and they
do not respond like human beings !
