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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
little Nile-birds, whose very mission for ages has
been held to be a lying fable, disdain all such
falsehoods ourselves. By following the
vocation which instinct teaches us, we have at last
proved the truth, that God has ordained mercy
to be shown even to brutal tyrants in their
agony of despair,’ and the moralizing pert
little thing flew away with her precious young
one. And I daresay they are following their
charitable mission to this day."
"While you, wicked ape, have got locked
up here," taunted the baboon, trying to be
funny; "for you had no charitable feeling for
your enemy when you saw him tormented.
Served you right!" he grinned.
"Order, order!" called out the Hanuman
ape. " But how did you get locked up here ?"
"Wait till the end of my story, and then
you shall judge of me," continued the Barbary
ape. " When the crocodile was waddling
down again to his abode in the holy river,
a troop of sportsmen came up with some
native attendants. They must have hailed
from Babylon, for they jabbered in all tongues.
They were very learned, and had come to
shoot Barbary apes, from what I afterwards
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