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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
71
She
was
perfectly
delighted
at
the
result,
and
for
the
hundredth
time
at
least
I
closed
the
box
for
her
to
open
again.
On
the
following
day,
when
some
friends
came
in
to
visit
her,
I
gave
her
the
match-box
to
open
again.
On
this
occasion,
however,
she
was
in
her
cage
and
could
not
reach
the
wall
through
its
meshes,
and
hence
had
nothing
against
which
to
strike
the
spring
to
force
it
open.
After
looking
around
her
in
all
directions
and
striking
the
box
against
the
wires
of
her
cage
a
few
times,
she
discovered
a
block
of
wood
in
her
cage
about
six
inches
square
by
an
inch
thick,
and
this
she
took
and
mounted
her
perch.
Balancing
the
block
on
the
perch
she
held
it
with
the
left
foot,
while
with
her
right
foot
she
held
on
to
the
perch,
and
with
her
tail
wound
through
the
meshes
of
her
cage
to
steady
herself,
she
carefully
adjusted
the
match-box
in
her
hands
in
such
a
manner
as
to
protect
her
fingers
from
the
blow.
Then
striking
the
spring
against
the
block
of
wood
the
lid
flew
open,
and
she
fairly
screamed
with
delight,
and
held
the
box
up
with
pride,
wanting
me
to
close
the
lid
again,
in
order
that
she
might
open
it.
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