come down, golden - year 4 [Brown]

‘There, standing in his own backyard, was an animal that belonged in a zoo – or in a mountain forest in China. It was so strange that Louis didn’t think to be afraid.’

Louis wants a dog. He dreams of training it to follow his commands. It would soon get used to sudden jerks and twists that his wheelchair-bound body keeps making. It would be his friend. But Mum says no. That’s nothing compared to what she would say if she could see the golden monkey standing on the grass just a few meters away from him in their own backyard. Louis knows it escaped from a zoo. They are saying it’s too wild to tame, and it will be destroyed if it’s found. Is it possible that Louis can tame the beautiful animal? But how can he – all by himself and from his wheelchair?

“It kept me reading. I didn’t want to stop!”
- Osten