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Show . THE MONKEY'b' l'ET W At one vof tilt couIokIcuI garden, m cage of wliile rata ftands quae near tin cage ol inoiikeis. The monkeys had ajH .Yin s shown eo much cuitotiiy auona lie rau that. Iho .keeper one day cofgU hided to put one of iher.umn wimj hi m to ice what tliey would do. They? drly ecreiimtd vIiIl delight when th tit eutcied, nnd nt oucu began to uitiku rietids witli him. ' ' The tat wu3 inelini.d to run uwiffljj ,ioui them the lrti du or two, but aoV, ngthntlhcy ttiil not intend to do hlftl tny linrm, holo.it Ids fear and ponuiUtf! licm to fondle ami caress him us nillo!) is they-liked. This tlioy did ebnstnntlyrf Uroklug hfs white fur, holding him lfi. heli ur ins. and oircing htm part of thvlr ood. They even picked out tbQjVoISia ituesTwIJomlhlywtiR t entertain." On day n new iden occurred to the oldest monkey. Ho had the rat in his arrnn, nnd, putting it down gent-iy gent-iy on the floor of the cage, ho cnucioitsly .Ml down on it. The rat did not mote, uordidit seem to object to tho quier use to which the monkey was putting d, Aa for tho monkoy ho looked about .vltli u broad grin on his face, and fairly Jliattercd 'witli ilnllght over and Huft ciiahion ho had found. After sitting tliere for a while, .he ioi up to that the other mr,nlys might ry it, nnd tliey wcr:iill id much phmtted as he luid been, b'lom that time on tho tat was in lully use ns a cushion, and hu tcok it with perfect good temper, nover ohjoct-ing ohjoct-ing to it In the leiut. Ab the monkeys vicie invariably kind to it, the keeper allowed it to reinniu in their cage, and die tiiauge porfurmntiee became one of iho Eights of the guden. Oiuviunuti Enpuirer. ..,,ir. ' i:.-;..:. |