Mushrooms and Toadstools 53 



his pocket and knocked a shower of sparks upon it 

 from a piece of hard rock by striking it a glancing 

 blow with the front of his folded knife. Soon a lit- 

 tle wisp of smoke curled up from the punk as a round 

 black spot appeared on its surface. 



''Easier than rubbing two sticks together/' re- 

 marked Henry. "I always wanted to see that trick 

 done." 



The monkey took to the woody kinds quite nat- 

 urally and threw them down from the trees like 

 cocoanuts. After making himself sick once or twice 

 by eating raw mushrooms picked up in the woods, 

 he seemed to lose interest in the game; but he could 

 chew on the woody ones all he pleased. One day, 

 William missed his stock for keeping the hre. Af- 

 ter searching about for some time, he discovered 

 that the monkey had carried them all up on the top 

 of the house. 



