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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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CHAPTER
VIII.
Meeting
with
Nellie--Nellie
was
my
Guest--Her
Speech
and
Manners--The
little
Blind
Girl--One
of
Nellie's
Friends--Her
Sight
and
Hearing--Her
Toys,
and
how
she
Played
with
them.
One
of
the
most
intelligent
of
all
the
brown
Capuchins
that
I
have
ever
seen
was
Nellie,
who
belonged
to
a
dealer
in
Washington.
When
she
arrived
there,
I
was
invited
to
call
and
see
her.
I
introduced
myself
in
my
usual
way,
by
giving
her
the
sound
for
food,
to
which
she
promptly
replied.
She
was
rather
informal,
and
we
were
soon
engaged
in
a
chat
on
that
subject,
the
one
above
all
others
that
would
interest
a
monkey.
On
my
second
visit
she
was
like
an
old
acquaintance,
and
we
had
a
fine
time.
On
my
third
visit
she
allowed
me
to
put
my
hands
into
her
cage,
and
handle
her
with
impunity.
On
my
next
visit
I
took
her
out
of
the
cage,
and
we
had
a
real
romp.
This
continued
for
some
days,
during
which
time
she
would
answer
me
on
all
occasions
when
I
used
the
word
for
food
or
drink.
She
had
grown
quite
fond
of
me,
and
always
recognised
me
as
I
entered
the
door.
[Sidenote:
NELLIE
AND
THE
BLIND
GIRL]
About
this
time
there
came
to
Washington
a
little
girl
who
was
deaf,
dumb,
and
blind;
she
was
accompanied
by
her
teacher,
who
acted
as
her
interpreter.
One
of
the
greatest
desires
of
this
little
girl's
life
was
to
see
a
live
monkey--that
is,
to
see
it
with
her
fingers.
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