When Monkeys Attack

It's really hot today and I think the heat is driving the monkeys mad. There's a bunch of them out today and they're everywhere. Kayla and I decided that the best way to keep the heat out of our room would be to close the curtains and block the light from entering. It was working pretty well, but while Kayla was in class and I was in the room reading i decided to open the window a bit. While reading I heard the tree branches outside moving a little more than usual so I glanced over at the window and saw a small hand poking through it. In the few seconds I had to react I realized that the window was between the door and the bed I was sitting on. If the monkey came in and saw me running out the door, it would think I was trying to attack it instead of running for dear life. I remembered the best thing to do is to not show fear because the monkeys have learned that girls are scared of bites and they tend to attack girls more often, so I decided to be brave. I realize you're probably thinking that it's just a cute little monkey, 5 times smaller than me, and probably not very violent, but I would like to remind you that they do bite pretty hard and that they are very strategic and can be quite dangerous when in big groups. Going back to my story; I slammed by book down on the bed post as loud as I could and I yelled, "hey!" The monkey jumped back on the tree and I closed the window as quickly as possible.

A couple of minutes later I started feeling the heat again so I opened the window a little bit. The monkey had gone to get a fried and, as soon as they heard my window open, they jumped up the tree and were climbing towards my window so I closed it really quickly again and decided I would prefer feeling hot than being attacked.

A couple of minutes after that I heard 2 girls yelling outside and I ran to see what was happening. By the time I got there, there was a group of people outside and there were monkeys scattering in all directions and jumping on roofs. Some people asked what happened and Alyssa and Eli told us that a big group of monkeys had surrounded 2 girls and the big one (we think is the leader because he is the meanest and lost his tail in a fight) ran towards the girls to try to bite them. Some people ran outside to scare them off and Eli grabbed a big stick. As we were standing there everyone mentioned that monkeys had tried getting into their windows too and some had tried getting into the classrooms. One of them tried getting into class and saw people yelling at them so he came back later with 2 more monkeys.

Both sides are thinking that it's better to fight in numbers because the monkeys are gathering and all the students are making sure not to walk alone. Alex, the guy with the paintball gun, has it armed and ready. They usually go away once we pull out the paintball gun so I hope we get a break soon. Meanwhile, I've borrowed a fan from my friend so I won't have to open any more windows. It's kind of funny that instead of saying, "my dog ate my homework" I can just say "I was attacked by monkeys".