THIRD WEEK] October 269 



The scream of frantic rage when a banana is offered and 

 jerked away, the wheedling tone when the animal wishes 

 to be comforted by the keeper on account of pain or bruise, 

 and the sound of perfect contentment and happiness when 

 petted by the keeper whom it learns to love, all are 

 almost indistinguishable from like utterances of a human 

 child. 



But how pitiless is the inevitable change of the next 

 few years ! Slowly the bones of the cranium thicken, partly 

 filling up the brain cavity, and slowly but surely the ape 

 loses all affection for those who take care of it. More and 

 more morose and sullen it becomes until it reaches a stage 

 of unchangeable ferocity and must be doomed to close 

 confinement, never again to be handled or caressed. 



