The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-23

hide themselves In our fur"
frankie got up and followed the old
monk He led him through the woods to
a deep, dark forest, where tangie OF
underbrush made 1t difficult for them TO
get through. Then 1t was that the mon
key decided to not walt In the matter of
changing frankie into a creature like
himself. and began some wild, foolish
glbberish. waving his long paws and tail
In q queer manner the while.
Suddenly a strange sensation came over
frankie. He felt first wave of cold,
then a wave of heat go up and down his
spine. In another instant he felt the i'm
pulse to leap into tree, and, astonishing
as 1t may seem, he caught hold of a limb
with his arms, which he saw now were
covered with long hair like monkeys.
Then he discovered that his whole body
was like that of his companions, hairy
and without clothes. fine, long tail
hung behind him, which he found of
great advantage when he wished to hang
from limb. Surely, surely he had been
turned into monkey.
Then frankie tried to speak to the old
monk who had so mraculously changed
him from a boy Into a monkey, but he
A whole day pasted by with frankie
no longer a boy, but long-tailed monkey
instead. And he found 1t anything but
fun to hunt for few bits of food and
10 haze half dozen other monkeys
chase MIN and take IL away from MIN
by sheer force Then 1t meant fight. to
live, this being a monkey And not only
were his companions mean and cross TO
him--they were the same to each other
boH ha NIfhfaSf hohita IRA K fq
Ind ever seen. They ate their food with
dirt sticking all over 1t; in fact, they
seemed to prefer the dirt. And as for the
itching which tormented poor frankie
why, 1t was almost unbearable In vain
he scratched and hunted for the mites
which hid themselves In his fur. They
kent uD an twfll biting. nevertheless,
and could not be found by him.
At night Brankie-now a full-ncdged
monkey sat doubled up in the fork of
tree, shivering with the cold. Then he
wished and wished with all his might
that he was a boy again. In the MORN
ing he was awakened by the chatterfng
of his Kind, followed by several herce
fights over a morsel of food. by the time
the Gun was up frankie felt no desire to
try to sleep, and when he moved about
he feit stifH in his limbs from having
sat I'D ali night He was awfully hum
cry, too. But there was no mother to
fla q dainty breakfast for him and to
come and call lim from his bed to eat
it. Another thing which went against
his fancy was The fact that none Of the
monkeys seemed TO care whether or not
each other got anything TO eat or drink
Sel6shness reigned In Monkeyyille, sure.
Each FELLOW vas for himself, and fought
to gain his own way.
As he moved about, slyIy hunting for
something to eat his heart began 10
grow very heavy. How he did long to
be able to talk again. And as for
school--weli, now he felt what II would
be. should he never be able to go again.
to nevsr be cranIed the privilege OF
learning. Crne. he had once been so
blind that be thought 1t would be com
pete haopiness 10 be an animal LDd
never have TO go to school, But now
he knew what the old adage meant
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