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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
DODO,
THE
JULIET
OF
THE
TRIBE]
During
my
stay
in
New
York
the
past
winter,
I
have
been
frequently
entertained
by
a
like
speech
from
little
Dodo,
who
was
the
Juliet
of
the
Simian
tribe.
She
belonged
to
the
same
species
as
the
others,
but
her
oratory
was
of
a
type
far
superior
to
that
of
any
other
of
its
kind
that
I
have
ever
heard.
At
almost
any
hour
of
the
day,
at
the
approach
of
her
keeper,
she
would
stand
upright
and
deliver
to
him
the
most
touching
and
impassioned
address.
The
sounds
which
she
used,
and
the
gestures
with
which
she
accented
them,
as
far
as
I
could
determine,
were
the
same
as
those
used
by
Dago
and
Pedro
in
their
remarks
to
me
as
above
described,
except
that
Dodo
delivered
her
lines
in
a
much
more
impressive
manner
than
either
of
the
others.
[Sidenote:
DODO
AND
HER
KEEPER]
I
asked
the
keeper
to
go
into
the
cage
with
me,
and
see
if
he
could
take
her
into
his
hands.
We
entered
the
cage,
and
after
a
little
coaxing
she
allowed
him
to
take
her
into
his
arms,
and
after
caressing
her
for
a
while,
and
assuring
her
that
no
harm
was
meant,
she
would
put
her
slender
little
arms
about
his
neck,
and
cuddle
her
head
up
under
his
chin
like
an
injured
child.
She
would
caress
him
by
licking
his
cheeks
and
chattering
to
him
in
a
voice
full
of
sympathy,
and
an
air
of
affection
worthy
of
a
human
being.
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