每天读一篇英语小故事：Monkeys Cause Man’s Death

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　　A florist in Delhi, India fell to his death after he was attacked by a gang
of monkeys. He was on his balcony watering his plants. Three monkeys, which
usually were friendly beggars, sat on his balcony railing and watched. They were
hoping that he would offer them some food. When he finished watering the plants,
he sat down in a chair to enjoy the sunset.
        　　The monkeys waited a minute. When they realized that he was not going to
feed them anything, they leaped on him. They scratched his face and pulled at
his hair and his clothes. Bleeding and screaming, he panicked. Instead of going
back into his apartment through the sliding glass door, he leapt off his
balcony. He lived on the second floor, so it was only ten feet to the pavement
below. However, he struck the pavement head first, immediately breaking his
neck.
        　　The monkeys jumped to the pavement. They dug through his shirt and pants
pockets looking for food. One monkey took off with his keys. As humans destroy
the forests in India, monkeys like these are getting hungrier and more
aggressive.
        　　“Our monkeys are getting out of control,” said a neighbor. He said he had
already barricaded his balcony with barbed wire. “It’s ugly, I must admit. A
balcony shouldn’t look like the outside of a prison. My neighbors want me to
take it down. They say the barbed wire might injure the monkeys and it’s
unsightly. But I’ll bet that some of my neighbors will be going to the hardware
store tomorrow.”