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away and have a little rest from the monotony of 

 school life. So he wandered off alone through the 

 fields and finally fell into a hole, which was too deep 

 for him to climb out of. After trying many times 

 and shedding many repentant tears, he fell asleep 

 from sheer exhaustion. 



Meanwhile, the monkey, becoming nervous be- 

 cause of Snowball's long absence, hunted for him 

 everywhere about the house and then set out for the 

 guava trees. Later, he returned and kept pulling 

 at Edna's arm until she followed him to the hole 

 where Snowball was imprisoned. 



Edna took the monkey by one hand and with the 

 other he reached down and caught Snowball's hand, 

 and so the little truant was rescued. It was very 

 amusing to Edna, although she couldn't show it, to 

 see the walls of the hole covered with big marks in- 

 tended for the letters of the alphabet. 



Exploring a Cave 



A cave was discovered by the boys on one of their 

 tours along the bank of the stream, and they could 

 not rest until they had brought torches and explored 

 it. At first, they were startled by a peculiar, rush- 

 ing sound, which proved to be only bats, that 

 were present in large numbers. 



