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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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The
dealer
who
owned
the
monkey
sent
for
me
to
come
down
and
show
it
to
her,
as
I
could
handle
the
monkey
for
her.
I
took
Nellie
from
the
cage,
and
when
any
one
except
myself
would
put
hands
upon
her
she
would
growl
and
scold
and
show
her
temper;
and
when
the
little
blind
girl
first
attempted
to
put
her
hands
on
her,
Nellie
did
not
like
it
at
all.
I
stroked
the
child's
hair
and
cheeks
with
my
own
hand
first,
and
then
with
Nellie's;
she
looked
up
at
me
in
an
inquiring
manner,
and
uttered
one
of
those
soft,
flute-like
sounds
a
few
times,
and
then
began
to
pull
at
the
cheeks
and
ears
of
the
child.
Within
a
few
moments
they
were
like
old
friends
and
playmates,
and
for
nearly
an
hour
they
afforded
each
other
great
pleasure,
at
the
end
of
which
time
they
separated
with
reluctance.
The
little
Simian
acted
as
if
she
was
conscious
of
the
sad
affliction
of
the
child,
but
seemed
at
perfect
ease
with
her,
although
she
would
decline
the
tenderest
approach
of
others.
She
would
look
at
the
child's
eyes,
which
were
not
disfigured,
but
lacked
expression,
and
then
look
up
at
me
as
if
to
indicate
that
she
was
aware
that
the
child
was
blind,
and
the
little
girl
appeared
not
to
be
aware
that
monkeys
could
bite
at
all.
It
was
a
beautiful
and
touching
scene,
and
one
in
which
the
lamp
of
instinct
shed
its
feeble
light
on
all
around.
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