What's for dinner?

I'm currently reading this novel, in a sporadic manner, as a part of my assignment. I wasn't expecting much but it turned out to be far more entertaining than what the cover presents (D'oh! That's why we designers are needed).

In one part he described about the premature death of his half-brother, which was... bizarre.

Supposedly one afternoon when his six month old half-brother was asleep, a long-armed monkey came wondering into their palace complex, and for some reason decided to take the baby.

Surprised by this, the people who saw him threw rocks and sticks at him. Scared, he climbed the tree (it wasn't explained why they dared to throw rocks and sticks to a monkey whose carrying a baby prince). Eventually when he reached the utmost top of the tree, he lost his grip and dropped the baby, I supposed, to his death.

Because monkey was a sacred creature, they decided to call the elders... eventually they decided that the monkey had to die, but must be buried on the site where he dropped a baby, and they marked the site with a rock.


Housemate: .......
Housemate: Is this a true story?
Me: It's an autobiography, I suppose.....


There are lots of interesting stories relating to the lack of toilet too, but I shall not go into that now.