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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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It
is
cruel,
absolutely
cruel,
to
keep
these
little
creatures
confined
in
solitude
and
deny
them
the
simple
pleasure
they
find
in
playing
with
a
bell,
ball
or
marbles;
and
besides
this,
a
trifling
outlay
in
this
way
will
very
much
prolong
their
lives.
A
monkey
is
always
happy
if
he
has
something
to
play
with
and
plenty
to
eat.
[Sidenote:
NELLIE
WITH
THE
MATCH-BOX]
I
do
not
know
of
any
investment
of
mine
which
ever
yielded
such
a
great
return
in
pleasure
as
one
little
pocket
match-safe
which
cost
me
twenty-five
cents,
and
which
I
gave
to
Nellie
one
evening
to
play
with.
I
had
put
into
it
a
small
key
to
make
it
rattle,
and
also
some
bits
of
candy.
She
rattled
the
box,
and
found
some
pleasure
in
the
noise
it
made.
I
showed
her
a
few
times
how
to
press
the
spring
in
order
to
open
it,
but
her
little
black
fingers
were
not
strong
enough
to
release
the
spring
and
make
the
lid
fly
open.
However,
she
caught
the
idea,
and
knew
that
the
spring
was
the
secret
which
held
it;
and
when
she
found
that
she
could
not
open
it
with
her
fingers,
she
tried
it
with
her
teeth.
Failing
in
this,
she
turned
to
the
wall,
and
standing
upright
on
the
top
of
her
cage,
she
took
the
box
in
both
hands
and
struck
the
spring
against
the
wall
until
the
lid
flew
open.
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