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key ever got hold of it, he would find it hard enough 

 to let go. 



The boys put the gourd that night out under the 

 tree where thev had seen the monkevs, and went 

 early next morning to see if they had caught any- 

 thing. Long before they reached the tree, they 

 heard loud chattering, and, when they came in sight, 

 they found that one monkey had his hand in the 

 gourd and the others were trying to get at the sugary 

 mixture. The greedy monkey was easily captured, 

 while the others scampered up the tree and seemed to 

 be laughing at his misfortune. 



Edna's delight and Snowball's rapture when they 

 saw the monkey may be easily imagined. It was 

 the beginning of many happy days and not a few 

 anxious moments. It there ever was an imp of mis- 

 chief, that monkey was one. And the worst of it 

 was that Snowball tried to do everything it did. 

 The monkey's influence with hii7i far outweighed 

 that of the other members of the family, and it was 

 usually bad. 



To illustrate what the iTionkey was capable of do- 

 ing: the boys had taken great pains to erect a tall 

 bamboo flag-pole on the beach with a white flag on 

 it to attract any ship that might be passing near; 

 but they had not gone a hundred yards toward home 



