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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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I
took
three
marbles
of
the
same
size
and
colour,
and
gave
them
to
the
monkey
to
play
with.
After
a
time
I
put
the
marbles
in
a
box
and
allowed
him
to
take
them
out,
which
he
could
do
by
taking
out
only
one
at
a
time.
I
repeated
this
several
times,
so
as
to
impress
his
mind
with
the
number
of
marbles
in
the
box.
I
then
concealed
one
of
the
marbles
and
returned
two
to
the
box.
On
taking
them
out,
he
evidently
missed
the
absent
one,
felt
in
the
box,
arose,
and
looked
around
where
he
had
been
sitting.
Then
he
would
put
his
hand
into
the
box
again
and
look
at
me;
but
failing
to
find
it,
he
became
reconciled,
and
began
to
play
with
the
two.
When
he
had
become
content
with
the
two,
I
abstracted
one
of
them,
and
when
he
failed
to
find
it
he
began
to
search
for
it,
and
seemed
quite
unwilling
to
proceed
without
it.
He
would
put
the
one
back
into
the
box
and
take
it
out
again,
as
if
in
hope
that
it
might
find
the
other.
I
helped
him
to
look
for
the
missing
marbles,
and,
of
course,
soon
found
them.
When
he
learned
that
I
could
find
the
lost
marbles,
he
would
appeal
to
me
as
soon
as
he
missed
them,
and
in
several
instances
he
would
take
his
little
black
fingers
and
open
my
lips
to
see
if
I
had
concealed
them
in
my
mouth,
the
place
where
all
monkeys
conceal
what
they
wish
to
keep
in
safety
from
other
monkeys,
who
never
venture
to
put
their
fingers
into
one
another's
mouth,
and
when
any
article
is
once
lodged
in
a
monkey's
mouth
it
is
safe
from
the
reach
of
all
the
tribe.
I
repeated
this
until
I
felt
quite
sure
of
the
ability
of
my
subject
to
count
three,
and
I
then
increased
the
number
of
marbles
to
four.
When
I
would
abstract
one
of
them,
sometimes
he
seemed
to
miss
it,
or
at
least
to
be
in
doubt,
but
would
soon
proceed
with
his
play
and
not
worry
himself
about
it;
yet
he
rarely
failed
to
show
that
he
was
aware
that
something
was
wrong.
Whether
he
missed
one
from
four,
or
only
acted
on
general
principles,
I
do
not
know;
but
that
he
missed
one
from
three
was
quite
evident.
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