There came a monkey on the roof <br />he had this raised in his mind <br />long stayed in the jungle aloof <br />was time he met his superior kind. <br /> <br />He tried to charm showing tricks <br />made all kinds of faces to entertain <br />they ran after him with sticks <br />causing him considerable pain. <br /> <br />To make friends only he had come <br />thinking they would mix freely <br />offer him a pleasant welcome <br />and not act as if he was an enemy. <br /> <br />In the ruckus he forgot the road <br />fleeing from the stones that were thrown <br />thereby for good losing abode <br />got no home to claim as his own.<br /><br />Pradip Chattopadhyay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-monkey-on-the-roof/
