Xiao Xiao observed carefully.
That was because the little monkey had been hit on the head or body by rainwater that had collected on the leaves.
Come to think of it, even though it was raining, the little monkey still insisted on following them.
Mm.
More precisely, it was following Lu Duan.
The little monkey really was rather persistent.
Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up slightly.
He'd spotted something useful.
"Little monkey."
He waved to the little monkey in the tree.
"Do you know what this is?"
He pointed to the large patch of leaves ahead.
They looked a little like banana leaves.
He didn't know whether they were a variety of banana leaf.
At any rate, these leaves were big enough.
The little monkey blinked.
Then it scratched its head.
It seemed utterly confused.
Xiao Xiao plucked a leaf.
He pointed at his umbrella.
"Doesn't it look like this?"
"You can have it."
Although the little monkey was already almost completely soaked.
Raindrops rolled off its fur.
Still, it didn't look as though it had fallen into water.
Better late than never, then.
It could start keeping the rain off from now on.
The little monkey stared at Xiao Xiao.
"Eee-woo~"
The little monkey suddenly yelped.
A huge raindrop smacked it right on the forehead.
All its fur seemed to stand on end.
But on closer inspection, the upper half of its fur was wet.
It clung to its body in damp clumps.
The fur only seemed to be standing on end.
The little monkey moved.
At once, it was as if it had disturbed a hornet's nest. Raindrops came tumbling down.
Amid the clamor, they sounded like an army of thousands, mighty and overwhelming.
Drenched from head to toe, the little monkey looked