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Show M0NKEY8 A3 QAY WAGS. Observation Proves They Havo a Senso of Humor. Recently a monkey got the bettor ot (ho common enemy, tho carrion crow, by feigning Illness. Ho was fastoned to a bamboo pole with a running ring. When ho wns on his perch tho crows annoyed him by stealing from his por-ringer por-ringer on the ground. One morning they had been specially special-ly disagreeable. Ho closed his eyes and feigned a bad Illness. When his day's food Was brought tho crows descended de-scended upon It, and ho had scarcely strength to defend It. By good acting ho managed to cnp-turo cnp-turo ono of tho crows. To pluck It allvo wns the obvious course. Then, Instead of pulling It to pieces, like the king monkoy whom Kipling and Sir Edward Buck watched enjoying a similar sim-ilar triumph In Simla, this monkey tossed the crow Into tho air, whore Ud own companions fell upon It and killed It MonkoyB cortalnly hnvo a senso of fun. Dnrwln used to spend hours watching a young fcmnlo orang-outang In tho zoological gardens, and was euro that sho had tho comic sentiment. Sho delighted to put on her head, Hko a cap, a peculiar shaped bowl, which had a droll effect, and sho was eonsltlvo to tho effect which her Joke produced upon tho spectators. Lahore Tribune. |