She was delighted to find the sealed envelope lying on her table. As she reached for it, something unexpected happened all of a sudden. A small monkey entered her room from the open window behind her study table, caught hold of the envelope and ran out from the window in no time.

She screamed loudly and called her father who was still at home. Father came in and enquired what had happened.

‘Amonkey…a monkey’, she murmured. ‘What monkey ?’ Father asked her confusedly.

‘Papa… a monky has taken my envelope having my certificates. Do something, please. I can see him on a tree in our garden’.

Father ran out, followed by Seema. They saw the monkey, sitting on a branch, trying to figure out what the envelope was and what it had. With a stick, Father tried to frighten the monkey. The monkey a mischievous rascal, giggled as it jumped to another branch, holding the envelope carefully as if it were a prize possession.

Ramu, our servant, came out with a more practical solution. He picked up some stones and threw them up aiming at the monkey. The Monkey remained adament and seemed to laugh down at us from his perch.

Then suddenly a crow flew over the monkey, and in fright the monkey’s hold on the envelope loosened and it fell down with a thud. Seema rushed forward and caught hold of the envelope. Father went to his room. Seema opened the envelope, and was amused to find a few forms in it, sent to some Rakesh to be filled in for some job.