On a ship returning from Jamaica to Whitehaven, England, in 1818, a young mother, holding a two-month-old child, basked in the sun on the ship's board. As soon as she put the child in the seat next to her, a monkey took the opportunity to snatch the child, run towards the main deck, and climb onto the mast.
At that time, ships sailing at sea often carried animals, so the appearance of a monkey did not attract everyone's attention, but now it is inevitable to panic when it grabs a small baby and jumps on the mast. The whole boat watched the monkey climb higher and higher with the baby in his arms, and they were all frightened, and the child's mother was even more anxious to go crazy.
But the monkey did not mean to hurt the baby, and it stroked the crying baby from time to time, like an adult coaxing a child. By this time, several sailors on board had climbed onto the mast and wanted to catch the monkey and save the child. But the monkey saw it and climbed higher.
Just as the sailors were trying to chase the monkeys up, the captain stopped them and ordered them all to come down. Then the captain told everyone, first, that the monkey would calm the crying baby, indicating that it did not mean to harm the baby; Second, the monkey has been avoiding its pursuers, and if it pushes it, it is likely to jump from one mast to another, so that the baby is in greater danger.
So the captain told the sailors to go below deck first, wait for the opportunity, and then ask someone to bring the baby's mother into the cabin, so that her panic would not affect others and cause panic and commotion. He himself hid by the gangway, hiding in a place invisible to monkeys, and watched as it happened.
Everything is in place, and the surroundings are gradually quiet. The monkey saw that he was no longer attracting attention, and he had no interest in staying on the mast. It crawled down boringly, sent the baby in its arms back to its original place, and left sadly. In this way, a crisis was resolved. The captain delivered the baby safely into his mother's arms.
The so-called desire to be fast is not enough, too impatient will often make yourself confused, affecting judgment. Sometimes, when facing emergencies, it is the best way to face them calmly and deal with them calmly.
