CHAPTER XVIII 



HOW ANIMALS PLAY 



HOW THE CPERA HAT IMPRESSED THE "COON " AND ASTONISHED 

 THE RACCOON A COYOTE WITH WHICH I BECAME AQUAINT- 

 ED THE CINCINNATI TIMBER WOLF THE JOLLY OYSTER 

 INSECTS WHICH LOVE FUN A TAME KATYDID'S PLAY THE 



FISHES'GAME OF "i CONQUER" A WILD MOUSE ON A LARK 

 THE CHIMPANZEE'S ROUGH PLAY TAME PIGS PLAYTAG 

 HOW A YOUNG BIG HORN AMUSED ITSELF A ROCKY MOUN- 

 TAIN GOAT'S HOUR OF RECREATION 



Tame monkeys, like children, are very fond of 

 pets, and take great delight in fondling white rats 

 and other small creatures. Raccoons, on the con- 

 trary, do not seem to indulge in live pets ; but they 

 are extremely playful and full of fun. 



I once had nine dollars saved from my salary of 

 seven dollars per week and with it purchased my 

 first opera hat; it was a great hat and I was so 

 impatient to wear it that I could scarcely wait until 

 evening to don .my "swallow" tailed coat and full 

 formal evening attire, but night came in due time 

 and by eight o'clock I was dressed with white tie, 

 broad expanse of shirt front, white vest and patent 

 leather gaiters. It was the first u top to the bot- 

 tom" evening dress I had ever owned, hence my 

 impatience to put it on. With the opera hat on 



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