Bokito

As you may have heard, about a week ago Bokito the big gorilla ape from Blijdorp Zoo escaped.
No kidding!

Now Rachel had had her first Dutch lesson the day before, listened to the news and thought the gorilla escaped from his cage. (He didn't btw. He escaped from the ape island they have by jumping over the water and attacked the woman who was a regular visitor and always went to his cage to see him and make contact with him. As the zoo explained, that is probably what caused Bokito to specifically pick her. She thought that if she put her hand against the glass and laughed at him, he actually laughed back. Speaking of dumb, dumber dumbest. If a gorilla pulls his lip up, he is threatening you.)

Anyway.
As we live practically around the corner of Blijdorp, Rachel thought Bokito was on the loose and for all she knew could be wandering through the back garden.
Apart from that she understood he bit about a 100 people (he bit the woman about a 100 times)
So.

Here we have Rachel thinking there's a gorilla out there, not daring to get her bike out of the shed anymore and calling Jack.
Jack, did you hear anything about the big gorilla escaping?
Don't be silly Rachel. These things don't happen. There may have been a baby gorilla born and you just didn't understand the Dutch news.
Right.

That evening as we were discussing the whole thing she asked me how he was caught in the end (he went over to the restaurant where people shut the doors and fled or hid under the tables. Then Bokito smashed in the glass window door. I swear.)

He was seduced I said.

Seriously? Rachel laughed.

I meant sedated.

So.
To all future au pairs; let's start Dutch lessons as soon as your arrive here.
Might come in handy.