We have a few families of monkeys outside of our house. Sometimes they sit in our balcony. (But they didn't write those words on our window! That was Sawyer and Meena.)
We also have a tall electric transformer in front of our house. One day as I was sitting with all three chidlren enjoying snacks and lemonade and hearing about their day at school, suddenly we heard an explosive sound like a bamb, and saw a flash followed by sparks falling out and down like fireworks. As we rushed to the window, we saw a big monkey falling down, almost like slow motion, to the ground.
We had just witnessed the monkey being electrocuted.
There were other monkeys in the trees nearby, and they all froze for a few seconds and then began to scream in panic. We also felt a bit panicky. They looked down at the monkey lying still on the ground and walked around, agitated, though they did not go near it. They did not know what to do, and neither did we. Our children were traumatized.
Then I saw the monkey twiching its body. A few minutes later, it sat up. Some time after that, it somehow went away. Hopefully, he learned a lesson!
家の周りに、サルの家族が住んでます。ある日、子供たちとお菓子を食べながら、学校の話をしているときに、いきなりバン！と大きな音、また、花火のような光が見えました。そして、お猿さんが、高い電灯から落ちていくのが見えました。お猿さんが電灯に登り、感電したのです。ほかのお猿さんたちは心配してパニック状態になっていました。子供たちも、お猿さんが、家の目の前で死んだのではと、パニック状態です。けれども、数分後、道でぐったりと倒れていたお猿さん。起き上がり、どっかへ行ってしまいまい、ほっとしました。電灯は、もう上らないでね。
