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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
gave such a yell by way of approbation, that
their keepers looked in to see what was the
matter.
The Hanuman began : " I first call upon
Master Barbary Ape to tell a story. Some of
your family live on the cliff of Gibraltar, and
as you are thus the only European ape, I will
give you the first preference."
"Well," began the Barbary ape, "I was
sojourning on the banks of the Nile. Myself
and mate had our usual roost in a palm-tree,
and a few of our tribe dwelt around us. One
day, when I was making for home, after
having a splendid feed of fruit in a garden, I was
chased along my road by a nasty old crocodile ;
but I dodged the unwieldy beast in a zig-zag
manner, doubling upon him at times, as you
know he cannot turn round in a hurry, in fact
it is the only way of freeing oneself from the
monster, till one gets into a grove of trees, and
can leap from branch to branch. I was wishing
in my heart one of the ancient Egyptian Gods
would send me some timely aid, when lo! a
warlike host came in a cloud across the plain.
I knew they were the crocodile’s bitterest
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