The Rabid Monkey

Growing up, animals always surrounded us. We had taken our dalmatian Yankee and cat Jezabel to Saigon with us and quickly added Hercules our devoted monkey. He was quite happy and well, but another monkey briefly entered our lives. He or she bit Mother and jumped on me, creating a drama that caused my father to fly us to Clark Air Force Base in Manilla to begin the rabies vaccination. The full story is told in the book,