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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
97
Little
Nemo
always
looked
at
himself
in
the
glass
in
the
most
inquisitive
and
respectful
manner,
without
ever
winking
an
eye
or
betraying
any
sign
of
emotion,
except
that
he
would
caress
the
image
in
the
glass
over
and
over
again
by
pressing
his
lips
to
it
in
perfect
silence.
Indeed,
his
conduct
would
suggest
to
you
that
he
regarded
the
image
as
a
portrait
of
some
dear
departed
one,
which
awoke
the
tender
memories
of
the
past
and
filled
the
heart
too
full
for
utterance.
His
sedate
manners
were
very
becoming.
Dodo
always
appeared
to
be
afraid
of
the
image.
She
would
merely
take
a
peep
and
turn
away.
She
would
sometimes
utter
a
single
sound,
but
rarely
touched
her
mouth
to
the
glass,
and
never
felt
behind
it
for
the
other
monkey.
This,
perhaps,
was
due
to
the
fact
that
she
was
afraid
of
some
of
the
other
inmates
of
the
cage,
and
I
do
not
think
that
she
desired
the
colony
increased.
Nigger
always
showed
great
interest
in
the
mirror
when
left
alone,
but
when
the
other
monkeys
would
crowd
around
to
peep
into
the
glass
he
would
always
leave
to
avoid
trouble
with
them.
[Sidenote:
"UNCLE
REMUS,"
THE
WHITE-FACE]
"Uncle
Remus,"
the
white-face,
always
goes
through
a
series
of
facial
contortions
with
the
gravity
of
a
rural
judge.
He
will
look
into
the
glass,
and
then
at
me,
as
if
to
say
"Where
did
you
get
that
monkey?"
The
little
baby
Macaque,
who
was
born
in
Central
Park,
tries
to
engage
the
image
in
a
romp,
reaches
for
it
in
the
glass,
clucks,
jumps
playfully
to
her
perch,
and
looks
back
to
see
if
the
image
follows;
then
she
will
return
to
the
glass,
and
try
again
to
induce
the
little
ghost
to
join
her
in
her
play.
Again,
she
will
spring
to
her
perch,
looking
back,
but
does
not
understand
why
it
will
not
join
her.
During
all
this,
the
baby's
father,
a
sedate
old
Macaque,
looks
on
with
suspicion
and
a
scowl,
and
on
a
few
occasions
has
pulled
the
baby
away
from
the
glass,
as
if
he
knew
that
there
was
something
wrong,
and
expressed
his
opinion
in
a
low,
ominous
growl.
He
reminds
me
at
times
of
some
people
whom
I
have
seen
that
look
very
wise,
and
intimate
by
their
conduct
that
they
know
something.
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