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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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On
one
of
my
visits
he
displayed
his
temper,
and
made
an
attack
upon
me
because
I
refused
to
let
go
of
a
saucer
from
which
I
was
feeding
him
with
some
milk.
I
jerked
him
up
by
the
chain
and
slapped
him
sharply,
whereupon
he
instantly
laid
the
side
of
his
head
on
the
floor,
put
out
his
tongue,
and
made
just
such
a
sound
as
Jokes
had
made
a
number
of
times
before.
It
occurred
to
me
that
it
was
a
sign
of
surrender,
and
many
subsequent
tests
have
confirmed
this
opinion.
Mrs.
M.
French
Sheldon,
in
her
journey
through
East
Africa,
shot
a
small
monkey
in
a
forest
near
Lake
Charla.
She
described
to
me
how
the
little
fellow
stood
high
up
in
a
tree
and
chattered
to
her
in
his
sharp,
musical
voice,
until
at
the
crack
of
her
gun
he
fell
mortally
wounded.
When
he
was
laid
dying
at
her
feet,
he
turned
his
bright
little
eyes
pleadingly
upon
her
as
if
to
ask
for
pity.
Touched
by
his
appeal,
she
took
the
little
creature
in
her
arms
to
try
to
soothe
him.
Again
and
again
he
would
touch
his
tongue
to
her
hand
as
if
kissing
it,
and
seemed
to
wish
in
the
hour
of
death
to
be
caressed,
even
by
the
hand
that
slew
him,
and
which
had
taken
from
him
without
reward
that
life
which
could
be
of
no
value
except
to
spend
in
the
wild
forest
where
his
kindred
monkeys
live.
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