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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
McGINTY'S
DELIGHT
WITH
MIRROR]
McGinty
always
tries
to
find
the
image
behind
the
glass.
He
reaches
his
little
black
hand
as
far
as
he
can
around
behind
it,
peeps
over
and
under
it,
pecks
on
the
glass
with
his
fingers,
kisses
and
caresses
it,
and
grins
at
it
with
infinite
delight.
He
often
tries
to
turn
the
glass
around
to
look
on
the
back
of
it,
and
when
he
finds
no
monkey
there
he
works
his
eyebrows
as
if
perplexed,
and
utters
a
sound
which
reminds
me
of
a
child
under
similar
circumstances
saying
"gone"
when
in
play
something
is
concealed
from
it
to
make
the
child
believe
it
is
lost.
Then
he
will
suddenly
turn
the
glass
around
again,
as
if
the
thought
had
just
occurred
to
him,
and
when
he
again
discovers
the
image,
he
will
laugh,
chatter,
peep
and
peck
at
the
glass,
as
if
to
say
"There
it
is,
there
it
is!"
But,
like
all
other
monkeys,
he
does
not
quite
understand
where
that
monkey
conceals
itself
when
he
peeps
over
the
glass.
Mickie
does
not
appear
to
enjoy
the
sight
of
himself
in
the
glass.
He
always
looks
at
it
earnestly
but
doubtfully,
and
utters
a
low
sound
in
a
kind
of
undertone,
frowns
and
scowls
as
though
he
regarded
the
new
monkey
as
an
intruder.
He
rarely
talks
to
the
image
only
with
this
low,
muttering
sound,
and
never
tries
to
find
it
by
reaching
his
hand
behind
the
glass
or
making
any
other
investigation.
Mickie,
however,
has
been
very
much
petted,
in
consequence
of
which
he
is
very
selfish,
just
as
children
become
under
like
treatment.
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