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Childless couple in Andhra adopts monkey
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=370225&ssid=68&sid=LIF

Report: Prasaad Bhosekar and Madhusudhan Reddy

Hyderabad: A childless couple in Andhra Pradesh 
has adopted a monkey and made it their daughter. 
When the monkey came to their house, they gave it 
food and since then the monkey is their daughter. 
Right from brushing teeth to giving milk and 
wearing new frocksŠ.everything is done....because 
the couple had dreamt of a daughter when they got 
married

They have named the monkey Anjali who has been 
with them for seven years now. They pamper her 
like a real daughter.

Siva Reddy, a farmer by profession and his wife 
Lakshmi always dreamt of a daughter.

According to Siva Reddy, "`We feel content in 
life after Anjali has come to us...we look after 
her as our daughter...even during nights she 
doesn't sleep alone...she sleeps with us."

Before Anjali came into their lives Siva Reddy 
and Lakshmi had a baby boy... but unfortunately 
that child died within a few days of birth due to 
complications...after that they never had the 
fortune of having another child. Now Anjali is 
their world and life.

In fact the bond is so strong that Anjali is 
never left alone in the house and the couple have 
not gone out of their village together even for a 
day. One of them stays in the house if the other 
goes out of station.

As per Lakshmi, "It is not at all a burden on 
us...by God's grace we are a happy family now. 
Anjali likes us very much and we like Anjali very 
much."