Show I JOE KERRS MONKEY TALE Monkeytown Is In Monkey county Monkeyland It Is bounded on the north by Jungle on the south by 1 more jungle and on the east and wesl by Jungle Gorlllavllle Is just around the corner and Ape town and Baboon City are a few miles up Monkey river Better look thorn up on the map of Monkcyland before finishing this story and thciij If your teacher asks annoy II > t I l4t y k 1i r SM AL 1 c I 0 cr4Q c f 1bcc c I p = = = = I I I 7 I r He Would Fetch Her Anything i t ing questions about these places she r r will find you Just as well posted as she is J I Well once upon a time that Is really tho only proper way to begin a story c I I InlW way there lived in Monkeytown p I a handsome lonesome sadfaced J young monkey who was in love with I f 1 Lady Lily daughter of the King She loved him tooa little because oC his i I good looks and fetching style He would fetch her anything she anted I at any time from any place and that t y children Is what always fetches I T women or other monkeys Bob his I I name was Robert but they called him Bob because or his bobbed tall had also acute and cunning curl to hlo whiskers and he parted his hair In the middle and pasted It down flat like a college boy and this helped him along with the Princess But the King was proud and haughty and he didnt want a poor monkey dentist like Bob for a soninlaw Not while tho woods were full of rich young monkeys with tItles and Splendid family trees m That was why Robert was sadfaced That was why he was lonesome ills love was unrequited Ask your mother children Wat < I unrequited means He could win and wed LadS Lad-S Lily lie knew if the King wero only I I Lout of the way But the King wasnt He was very much In the way and it broke Bobs dental heart Poor Bob lie worked hard everyday every-day in his Broadway office pulling roots and filling cavities but monkeys like otlutV people hate to pay a dentist and Bob had all he could do to properly fill that aqhing cavity his stomach He was very blue very lovesick love-sick and very unhappy so much so that ho would have Jumped off I the j dock but there wasnt any dock and so day after dav he would sit on the sidewalkunder his sign and brood growing thinner and sicker l every minute min-ute < < It was terrible to him to see Lily stroll by his door as she often did on the arm of a deadly rival She was ashe you know and thats a she trick Ill win her yet1mutteredBob one day as she mlhccd by and tossed him a laughing ha ha i And he did It was this way On thevery mornIng morn-Ing when Bob vas the bluest there was heard a dreadful rumbling and roarIng roar-Ing In the s cetsor Monkeytown which frightened every monkey out of his wits They all took to the woods All but Bob Ho was so blue that he wasnt afraid and he never budged from his chair as down the street came = = = I T t cr EXTRA < rEb = ti I J < TV Tf a f TT r a t I WU i > t l J tl15g AIle = lWV c t1 f3Zi 1 J i f1 wr = = I = = = = IJ U 1 j c r J i or f i1 rI > r f S 1 Vii i > > r i f LUk p = 1f J I P1 < f t I c 1 W x 11 C ti Ii r = t i j r7 > t r 1t 1 1 7 Ji q f1i i = = w s < kffi t IJ L y v < 1J I > < 0 ft7 l p 11 rr h f r < I rF ijii t > I 2 m = 10 t I > I q = c t q4 11P P tVJ iIJ 1 h < rv > i f 4 i7it I i j > tf C l ht 1 1 q iIfq 7 f tJ F i1 7 a I j = J CkIi l t f < T = < 1k 1t I t = m > < il I t d = j > l T c g I < = = = = I > In a Kinute tho Tooth Was Out I a raging1 roaring lion with eyes flash Ing fire and a voice like rumbling thunder The lion stopped suddenly In front of Bob an oared out Say are you the dentist Ye said Bob lazily What can I do for you 1 Look at my cheek groaned the Hon Bob looked Sure eiioifgh the lions cheek was swelled and I puffed out like the crown of a derby hat Come Into my office said Bob and tho lion followed meekly as a lamb He was too largo for the dentist chair l so Bob climbed un to a stepladder to get a look at tho aching tooth Go ahead then and hurry cried the Hon trying to hide the scalding tears that were rolling down his face Wait a minute Mr Lion urged Bob You have a toothache I can cure it I have a heartache You can euro It Will you do it If I relieve your pain Certainly Certainly screamed the lion Oh my tooth My tooth Then Bob gave him some monkey I laughing gas In a mlnuto the tooth was out In another moment Mr Jjlon was awake He fell like a new Hon Tho pain was gono and he was very very grateful Now show me your aching heart and tell me how I can cure lU thundered Mr Won Bob didnt show his whole heart but he told tho lion his sad story and asked his aid I What can I do 7 asked Mr Lion Eat the King answered Bob I I And he did And thats the end of the King and of this story > J I 1 S L Us 4 S S I A L J i c H I I t c I tnt J1JC Xl ug Didnt Val1t Bob J |