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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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Finding
that
the
late
hours
which
I
kept
were
beginning
to
tell
on
Nellie,
and
that
during
the
day
from
time
to
time
I
would
catch
her
taking
a
little
nap,
I
concluded
to
use
some
curtains
around
her
cage
to
avoid
disturbing
her
rest.
I
drew
them
around
the
cage,
lapped
them
over,
and
pinned
them
down
in
front.
Then
I
turned
down
the
light
and
kept
quiet
for
a
while
to
allow
her
to
go
to
sleep.
After
the
lapse
of
a
few
minutes,
I
slowly
turned
up
the
light
and
resumed
my
writing.
In
an
instant
I
heard
the
curtains
rustle,
and
looked
around,
and
there
I
saw
her
little
brown
eyes
peeping
through
the
folds
of
the
curtains,
which
she
held
apart
with
her
little
black
hands.
When
she
saw
what
it
was
that
caused
all
this
disturbance,
she
chattered
to
me
in
her
soft
rich
tones,
and
tried
so
hard
to
pull
the
curtains
apart
that
I
removed
them
from
her
cage
so
that
she
could
look
around
the
room.
To
see
her
holding
the
curtains
apart
in
that
graceful
manner,
turning
her
head
from
side
to
side,
peeping
and
smiling
at
me,
and
talking
in
such
low
tones,
was
so
much
like
a
real
flirtation
that
one
who
has
not
seen
the
like
cannot
fully
appreciate
it.
And
only
those
who
have
experienced
the
warm
and
unselfish
friendship
of
these
little
creatures
can
realise
how
strong
the
attachment
becomes.
When
once
you
enjoy
the
confidence
of
a
monkey,
nothing
can
shake
it,
except
some
act
of
your
own,
or
one
at
least
which
they
attribute
to
you.
Their
little
ears
are
proof
against
gossip,
and
their
tongues
are
free
from
it.
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