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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
68
[Sidenote:
MONKEYS
DO
NOT
TALK
WHEN
ALONE]
Nellie
was
an
affectionate
little
creature,
and
could
not
bear
to
be
left
alone,
even
when
supplied
with
toys
and
everything
she
wanted
to
eat.
When
she
would
see
me
put
on
my
overcoat,
or
get
my
hat
and
cane,
she
knew
what
it
meant;
and
when
she
would
see
my
wife,
to
whom
she
was
much
devoted,
put
on
her
cloak
and
bonnet,
she
at
once
foresaw
that
she
would
be
left
alone.
Then
she
would
plead
and
beg
and
chatter,
until
she
sometimes
dissuaded
my
wife,
and
she
seemed
aware
that
she
had
accomplished
her
purpose.
I
have
watched
her
by
the
hour,
through
a
small
hole
in
the
door,
and
when
quite
alone
she
would
play
with
her
toys
in
perfect
silence,
and
sometimes
for
hours
together
she
would
not
utter
a
single
word.
She
was
not
an
exception
to
the
rule
which
I
have
mentioned
heretofore,
that
monkeys
do
not
talk
when
alone,
or
when
it
is
not
necessary
to
their
comfort
or
pleasure;
and
while
I
am
aware
that
their
speech
is
far
inferior
to
human
speech,
yet
in
it
there
is
an
eloquence
that
soothes,
and
a
meaning
that
appeals
to
the
human
heart.
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