Here at Gangrey we generally focus on craft, but this one wins on content.
The narrative is a litle convoluted and hard to follow. But it may be the best news story of the year.
To untangle it a bit:
Man's monkey gets seized by the cops. Monkey goes to live in an educational exotic-animal center run by the school district. Man is heart broken. He sends the monkey a care package: a box of monkey toys. And an audio tape.
That's where things get peculiar.
Animal center caretaker listens to the tape. He draws his own conclusions about what the man might have been doing while making the tape, and about the nature of the relationship between man and monkey. And he shares his conclusions with the local…
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