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name was really Fraulein Herbster (Herbst = autumn, 

 so we usually call her Spring) " What's the name of 

 this girl ? " I said : " Fruhling " (= Spring) was her 

 reply at once so that she must most obviously have 

 been listening to us while we were talking. 



On the 25 April of the same year, I went on a visit 

 to Hohenheim, taking Lola with me. While there I 

 showed her a picture painted by Ferdinand Leeke and 

 said : " That was done by ' Uncle ' who came to stay 

 with us at the farm, at the time when Lola was allowed 

 to go for her first drive in the carriage with the two 

 horses." (This event having made a great impression 

 on her.) " Do you remember ' Uncle's ' name ? " I 

 added. "Yes!" "What is it?" " leke ! " The 

 visit had taken place quite three weeks ago. 



On the 20 May I took Lola to tea at S . She 



did her work there excellently both in viva voce 

 arithmetic, as well as in the written tests put to her, 

 and also counted dots, etc. After this the conversa- 

 tion became general, and Lola was not noticed. But 

 in the course of the afternoon I told my friends that 

 I had been to Hagenbeck's Circus a few days before, 

 and that I had seen a monkey dressed as a man, and 

 that it had eaten most daintily, cycled, and done other 

 tricks. This had been a mere casual remark, and in 

 about an hour's time I had returned home with Lola. 

 But that same evening, when I was sitting reading, 

 Lola came and rapped my hands inquiring " wer 

 afe ? " (= who 'monkey ?) I was at the moment so 

 absent minded that I did not grasp what she was 

 after but she ^repeated " afe ! " Then it suddenly 

 flashed into my mind and I did my best to illustrate 

 the performance to her entire satisfaction. I gave an 

 earlier conclusive proof of her memory when I 

 mentioned her recollection of the yard-stick after the 



