the next day, as eva is walking home from school, fingers drops from a tree and latches himself onto eva. she instantly becomes connected to him, and names him "dodger", as he likes eva's dodgers hat. eva keeps the monkey a secret and hides him in her bedroom. she becomes more responsible with her chores, and helps take care of her infant brother jack, to whom she reveals dodger. she researches information on his breed. when eva has to leave for school, she leaves him in the care of a woman who runs a pet shop near her home, annie (jo champa). eva fibs that the monkey is a present for her mother. azro tries to find the monkey, and the italian mafia members pester him over this.