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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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On
the
following
day,
by
an
accident
in
which
I
really
had
no
part,
except
that
of
being
present,
Nellie
escaped
from
her
cage,
and
climbed
up
on
a
shelf
occupied
by
some
bird-cages.
As
she
attempted
to
climb
up,
of
course
the
light
wicker
cages
with
their
little
yellow
occupants
fell
to
the
floor
by
the
dozen.
I
tried
to
induce
her
to
return
or
to
come
to
me,
but
the
falling
cages,
the
cry
of
the
birds,
the
talking
of
parrots,
and
the
scream
of
other
monkeys,
frightened
poor
Nellie
almost
out
of
her
wits.
Thinking
that
I
was
the
cause
of
her
trouble,
because
I
was
present,
she
would
scream
with
fright
at
my
approach.
She
was
not
an
exception
to
that
general
rule
which
governs
monkeydom,
which
is
to
suspect
every
one
of
doing
wrong
except
itself.
I
had
her
removed
to
my
apartment,
where
I
supplied
her
with
bells
and
toys,
and
fed
her
on
the
fat
of
the
land;
and
by
this
means
we
slowly
knitted
together
the
broken
bones
of
our
friendship
once
more.
But
when
once
a
monkey
has
grown
suspicious
of
you
they
never
recover
entirely
from
it,
it
seems,
for
in
every
act
thereafter,
however
slight,
you
can
readily
see
that
they
suspect
you
of
it;
but
with
great
care
and
caution
you
can
make
them
almost
forget
the
trouble.
While
I
kept
Nellie
at
my
rooms
I
made
some
good
records
of
her
speech
on
the
phonograph,
and
studied
her
with
special
care;
but
as
the
province
of
this
work
is
the
speech
of
that
little
race,
I
must
forego
the
pleasure
of
telling
some
intensely
funny
things
with
which
she
entertained
me,
excepting
so
far
as
they
are
relevant
to
speech.
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