CHAPTER X 



Snowball and the Monkey Go Collecting 



Snowball and the monkey slipped off together 

 one morning to do a little collecting of their own. 

 They had in mind a clump of guava trees that grew 

 up on the hillside, but they were ready for any other 

 excitement that might turn up by the way. Flow- 

 ers, fruits, birds, insects anything and everything 

 appealed to these youthful collectors. 



The first thing the monkey did was to break up a 

 bird's nest and share the eggs with Snowball, leav- 

 ing his face streaked with yellow. Then they dis- 

 covered a wild lime tree and got their insides so 

 sour from sucking lime juice that they craved sugar 

 at any cost. The monkey seized upon the first op- 

 portunity that presented itself and came running 

 toward Snowball with a piece of dripping honey- 

 comb in his hand and a swarm of bees after him. 

 The bees, finding Snowball unprotected, began to 

 pepper him both above and below the belt, so that 

 he fied precipitately, screaming at the top of his 

 voice. 



\Ye next find the two adventurers seated side by 



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