December 26th,
Rain
continues. After the chaos of yesterday I had plans of finding a safe place to
retreat and regroup as the natives enjoyed the offerings found beneath the
jungle’s aglow evergreen yesterday. However, as per usual in this suburban
wilderness, the natives sensed a peaceful activity and worked quickly together to
thwart that. (Nice to see them work
together though I suppose).
The eldest
native did his part in making sure his caretaker was on his toes by deciding to
snap his spectacles in two. This was truly and ingenious attack because it is twofold;
for one it creates s sense of urgency for myself to get going on the day much
sooner than I had planned. And two, it means taking both natives into the establishment
in which they sell new spectacles. As I’m sure you can imagine, I am not
looking forward to this excursion with much exhilaration.
The youngest
is doing his part by covering every speck of the jungle floor with something,
and anything. What one would never know from entering our jungle is that I
spend a great deal of my day keeping the dwelling in order. Making sure that
the natives have clean garments, good nourishments, and that their living space
is in good shape. And yet something that
takes 4 hours to get looking perfect daily, takes between 4 and 14 minutes to
utterly destroy for the younger native. It is almost a challenge to this young
creature. For instance, it seems to be a rule to these natives that no window
shall ever be clean. They have a ritual in fact; immediately after a window has
been scrubbed the eldest rests his forehead upon the glass and drags it up and
down to make streaks, whilst the youngest finds it more efficient to lick the
entire surface of the window.
Regardless,
it appears I am not meant to relax today; perhaps when the natives are grown…
But for now they remain fascinating little creatures. Against my better
judgment I shall continue to observe their native ways.
Must be off
now, spectacles aren’t going to buy themselves, pray for me friends..
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