By Michelein
An orangutan named Whimsical was my favourite teacher. He used charades for allegories. He wrote his thesis on Animal Misrepresentation in Colonial Literature, but his journals were scarce as it’s hard writing papers with short thumbs.
Our English class once got straight A’s when Whimsical mistakenly ate our papers. Pandemic-wise, it was hard. He sucked on Zoom. He always sighed under his mask as we sat six feet apart writing poems about a world stockpiling anxiety and toilet paper.
After he got fired, I’d visit his tree, and meditate on his nest, while he built with purple bellflowers our secret canopy.
A very evocative story.
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Lovely!
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An excellent story I will remember. Clever. Flows dmooth and entertaining.
Thank you so kindly. It was a lesson in being economical & as you say, still letting it flow!
So wonderfully creative and fun!
I love the imagery that will stay with me.
Thank you so much
Excellent name for an orangutan. I have seen a few of them who exhibit this characteristic. While his sucking at Zoom brings forth an interesting, more physical meaning.
An orangutan worthy of running a library…
I have sadly only seen them at a zoo. There are some famous ones like Ah Meng who was a rescue one. Thank you for so much for reading!
A lovely tale, thanks for sharing it with us 🙂
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oh so sorry. The ? was a typo
Thank you kindly ! was what I meant!
Just beautiful from the killer first sentence to the last word.
So grateful you enjoyed it !
A flight of fancy that’s not fanciful. A whole anthropological study in 101 words. Very impressive.
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