Sammy and Mr Mean

Sammy and Mr Mean is a childrens story about a wild alpha vervet male monkey and a young Samango monkey, Sammy who lived with a family until he was four years old. He was never caged and was free to wander around the house and garden. His friends were a troop of wild monkeys that visited nearly every day. Sammy and the two and three year old vervets got into so much trouble. They unpegged the washing off the line. Sammy, who was very clever would open all the cupboards and drawers so that the vervets could help themselves to bread, biscuits, fruit and vegetables and eggs. Sammy and his friends ran off with toothbrushes, pens, pencils, in fact anything that looked interesting, and Sammy was the ringleader. Sammy now lives in a forest in northern South Africa where he is totally free.