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the week. They even put a hat on the monkey and 

 taught him to walk with a cane. 



A fine bucket for Snowball, the water-carrier, was 

 made from a calabash gourd a foot long, the top be- 

 ing cut open so as to leave a handle; and a smaller 

 gourd was cut into a work-basket for Edna, with 

 the sides carved in an ornamental wav. Two new 

 cocoanut dippers were made, one for the house and 

 one for the spring. 



Edna had long needed a box in the spring branch 

 where she could keep things cool, especially the 

 cocoanut milk, fruit punch, and other pleasant 

 drinks which she always tried to have in abundance; 

 so this was finished next in order and a roof built 

 over it to keep the cocoanuts from falling on it at 

 night. 



Flower pots were cut from big bamboo poles and 

 filled with orchids and other plants for the windows 

 and tables. For a few days, a big pineapple plant 

 stood on the center of the dinner table, ripening its 

 cone-like fruit, but Edna's better taste finally ban- 

 ished it to the field where it belonged. She did not 

 object, however, to having bunches of cat-tails and 

 giant sea-grape leaves a yard across on the walls of 

 the rooms for decoration. 



Henry made a sun-dial and marked off the hours 



