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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
112
A
few
years
ago,
I
saw
on
board
the
United
States
receiving
ship
Franklin,
a
bright
little
monkey
which
was
kept
chained
in
a
temporary
workshop
built
on
the
gun-deck.
Her
chain
was
just
long
enough
to
allow
her
to
reach
the
stove.
The
day
was
pleasant
outside,
but
in
the
shade
a
trifle
chilly.
The
little
monk
descended
from
the
sill
on
which
she
usually
sat
and
carefully
felt
the
top
of
the
stove
with
her
hands.
Finding
it
slightly
warm,
although
the
fire
had
died
out,
she
mounted
the
stove
and
laid
the
side
of
her
head
on
the
warm
surface.
She
would
turn
first
one
cheek
and
then
the
other,
and
continued
rubbing
the
stove
with
her
hands.
Not
finding
it
warm
enough,
she
jumped
down
on
the
floor,
opened
the
stove
door
with
her
hand,
and
slammed
it
two
or
three
times.
She
then
picked
up
a
stick
of
wood
lying
within
reach,
and
tried
to
lift
it
to
the
stove.
The
stick
was
too
heavy
for
her
to
handle,
so
she
would
lift
up
one
end
of
it
and
drop
it
heavily
on
the
floor
with
the
evident
purpose
of
attracting
the
attention
of
her
master.
Again
she
would
open
and
slam
the
door,
lift
up
the
end
of
the
stick
and
drop
it,
and
utter
a
peculiar
sound,
showing
in
every
possible
way
that
she
wanted
a
fire.
She
finally
picked
up
a
small
stick
and
stuck
the
end
of
it
into
the
ashes
in
the
front
of
the
stove.
She
knew
that
it
was
necessary
to
put
the
wood
into
the
stove;
she
knew
where
to
put
it
in,
and,
while
she
could
not
do
it
herself,
she
knew
who
could
put
it
in.
Her
master
told
me
that
she
would
gather
up
the
shavings
from
the
floor
when
they
came
within
her
reach
and
pile
them
up
by
the
stove.
He
also
told
me
that
he
frequently
gave
her
a
lighted
match
when
he
had
prepared
the
fuel
for
building
a
fire,
and
that
she
would
touch
the
match
to
the
shavings
and
start
the
fire.
She
never
ventured
to
get
on
the
stove
without
first
examining
it
to
ascertain
how
hot
it
was.
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