Soul Mates
15
Sep 2007
When a monkey in
Lingding Island of Guangdong Province was
three-month old, it was abandoned by its own
mother and became homeless since, living
alone in the fringe of the monkey community.
By the time it was
found by human rescuers, it was nearly dead.
After spending sometime in an animal
hospital, its physical health has gradually
recovered, but not its emotional and mental
status. It seemed mortally wounded in spirit,
disillusioned and depressed, to the point of
having lost all its will to live.
Then one day a
miracle happened. A dove paid a chance visit
to the hospital and met this suicidal monkey.
Nobody knows for sure what kind of life
wisdom that the winged volunteer passed on to
the furred sufferer, but the amazing result
of their brief encounter was observed by
every humans around: the little monkey has
been reinvigorated and soon regained its
appetite and strength.
Since then, the
winged and the furred spent all their time
together, communicating through body language
and cuddling each other like a pair of
affectionate lovers. Maybe they were lovers
in their past life, but are forced into
adapting different forms of existence this
round. Can’t help but wonder what they had
done to one another previously.
