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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
NELLIE'S
FONDNESS
FOR
A
LITTLE
BOY]
A
frequent
and
welcome
visitor
to
my
study
was
a
bright
little
boy,
about
six
years
old,
for
whom
Nellie
entertained
a
great
fondness,
as
she
also
did
for
my
wife.
At
the
sight
of
the
boy
Nellie
would
go
into
perfect
raptures,
and
when
he
would
leave
her,
she
would
call
him
so
earnestly
and
whine
so
pitifully
that
one
could
not
refrain
from
sympathy.
On
his
return
she
would
laugh
audibly,
and
give
every
sign
of
extreme
joy.
She
never
tired
of
his
company,
nor
gave
any
part
of
her
attention
to
others
when
he
was
present.
Some
children
living
next
door
always
found
great
delight
in
calling
to
see
Nellie,
and
she
always
showed
her
pleasure
at
their
visits.
On
these
occasions,
Nellie
made
it
a
point
to
entertain
them,
and
always
showed
herself
to
the
best
advantage.
When
I
wished
to
make
a
good
record
of
her
sounds,
and
especially
of
her
laughter,
I
always
brought
the
little
boy
to
my
aid.
The
boy
would
conceal
himself
in
the
room,
and
after
Nellie
had
called
him
a
few
times
he
would
jump
out
from
his
place
of
concealment
and
surprise
her,
whereupon
she
would
laugh
till
she
could
be
heard
through
the
whole
house;
and
in
this
manner
I
secured
some
of
the
best
records
I
have
ever
made
of
the
laughter
of
any
monkey.
When
the
boy
would
conceal
himself
again,
I
secured
the
peculiar
sound
with
which
she
would
try
to
attract
his
attention.
The
sound
which
she
used
in
calling
him
or
my
wife
was
unlike
that
which
she
made
for
any
other
purpose;
and
while
it
is
difficult
to
say
whether
the
grammatical
value
of
this
sound
is
that
of
a
noun
or
of
a
verb,
it
is
evident
that
it
was
used
for
the
special
purpose
of
calling
or
attracting
attention.
If
its
value
is
that
of
a
noun,
it
has
not,
in
my
opinion,
any
specific
character,
but
a
term
which
would
be
applied
alike
to
boys,
monkeys,
horses,
birds,
or
any
other
thing
which
she
might
desire
to
call.
If
in
its
nature
it
is
a
verb,
it
is
equivalent
to
the
name
of
the
act,
and
combines
the
force
of
the
imperative
and
infinitive
moods.
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