Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30
HOW HOCOPOCO WAS CAUGHT AND
BROUGHT TO AMERICA.

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| He was very proud Of that, and thought
/ he was very smart.
| His good mother was dead. a great
| big snake had killed and eaten her: but
his father was living and gave him a
piece of advice now and then.
When you see a man." he told him
one day, don't monkey with him, but
run. Run as if the woods were burning.
and don't stop until you get home. They
/ look stupid sometimes. but | tell you. the
cunningest cobra is not as tricky as they,
and, don't you forget it,
Hocopoco said: Thank you" but
when he was alone he smiled superior
| smile and said to himself: Il believe
| father just wants to brighten me. |
know that men are not so smart as all
that. They are certainly not smart
| enough to catch me. | know that for
sure"
You see, Hocopoco was just like a lit
! tie boy whom | know, who also thinks
sometimes he knows better than father.
| And now listen and see who really did
| know better, H0cOpoco or his father.
One nice Sunday morning Hoco and
several of his friends were playing hide
and seek high up in the trees, when
| they saw three men coming up from the
] river. Two of them carried Il large box,
| which they put down under the trees,
| where the monkeys were playing.
Now, you know, they ought to have
/ RIM as if the woods were burning. but do
/ you think they did? Oh, no. They all
| sat down on a large branch and peeped
| through the leaves They had never seen
| man before and wanted to find out
| what they were like and what they
| would do.
| The two men who carried the box were
| sailors and the third one was the cap
| tain of the bark which was anchored at
| the mouth of the river. The captain had
promised his little daughter, Jenny, to
| bring her a monkey when he came home,
and he had come to the woods now to
catch one. He opened the lid of the box,
| just wide enough to let a monkey get in,
and propped it up with small stick. 10
| the stick he fastened a string on which
| hung Il big apple and the apple he laid
on the bottom of the box. He also put
| in few bananas, a doll baby and
drum, and when he had finished all three
went back to their vessel.
When they had disappeared one of the
monkeys said Il wonder what he put
| in there. Could you see what it was,
| HOco?'
No" said Hocopoco. but am going
to find out. Cor on, all of you. Here
gOesv' and with that he slid down the
| tree and ran to the box. But the other
called out to him not to NEEDLE with that
thing; it might be dangerous.
| HocopocO, however, laughed, and cried:
| Dangerous Oh, pshaw! There is no
danger about this old boxr' He slapped
| it with his paw. ''Do you see thatY" he
cried. at does not bite, it will not
even move. Come down, quick. Who is
afraid p
| But the other monkeys shook their
| heads and stayed where they were, for
| they remembered that their fathers had
told them that men were very tricky.
And what did Hocopoco do? He
crawled into the big box and when he
found the bananas he ate them and
| though they were very good. Then he
saw the drum and with the sticks he
beat it and laughed at the nice noise it
made. At last he saw the apple, and
grabbed it eagerly, and when he found
that it was tied he pulled at the string.
| OF course. the stick slipped, the top fell
down. and poor Hocopoco was caught.
| As soon as the other little monkeys saw
that they ran as if now the woods were
| burning, but HocopocO had to stay
where he was, for the lid was too heavy
! for his little strength to lift
After a while the captain came back
with his two seamen and when he peeped
through small hole and saw Hocopoco
lie was very glad and the two men car
The captain had a nice cage made for
the little monkey and put him in there;
but Hocopoco did not like it bit and
wept many bitter tears, for the cage was
narrow and he could not jump about
much.
The next morning the bark sailed and
thus it was that Hocopoco WAS caught
and brought to America.
| During the long voyage to New York,
| little Hocopoco had become quite tame,
and when he had found that nobody did
| him any harm he ate out of the captain
| hand. After a while the captain had let
| him come out of his cage, but when Ho-
| copoco saw the big masts he thought
they We're dead trees and ran up one of
| them like lightning. The captain called
| Aim 'Joko, Joko.'-that was the name
| lie had given him-he whistled for him.
! he showed him an apple, but Hocopoco
| would not come. Then the captain said,
"All right, let him stay there. He'll
| come when lie is hungry" and went into
| his cabin.
! AT dinner time Hocopoco was rather
! hungry. and he looked around for cocoa
nut, but he could not find any. They
| don't grow ON masts, you know,
At supper time he could not stand it
any longer. so he came down and the
captain put him into his cage and gave
| him something to eat
| BY and by HocopocO became so used
/ to the captains voice that he came when
ever he called him. Then Mr.. Morton
! THAT was the captains nance did not
| put him in the cage any more. but al
! lowed him to sleep on Il little mat in his
| cabin. just at the foot of his bed.
At last they arrived in New York and
when he had gotten through with his
i business there the captain took Hoco-
pOcO to tie train and they travelled all
day long until they arrived in Richmond
in the beautiful state of Virginia, where
! Mr.. Morton lived.
Jenny. the captains little daughter,
was overjoycd when she saw Hoe0poco.
who WAS sitting on her fathers shout
der. After she had kissed her dear ia
Their many. many times, she sprang away
| TO fetch an apple, and soon Jenny and
| Hocopoco were the best of friends.
! The captain had a nice box made for
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