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That will scare them all away

Kaushalya: In Jaipur, Malati was cooking for Prabhupada. There were a lot of rascally, funny, black-faced monkeys in and around the Jaipur temple, and they kept stealing food. Malati went into Prabhupada's room in a panic, "The monkeys keep stealing your food, Srila Prabhupada." Prabhupada said, "I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll take a bow and arrow, shoot one monkey, and hang it over the kitchen. That will scare them all away." Everybody's jaw dropped because he said this very seriously. Then he laughed because he was joking. It was funny. He always said funny things like that.



Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 1 by Siddhanta Dasa