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try to break them on the floor. When he found he couldn't 

 manage that, he would bring the nut to one of us and try to 

 make us understand what he wished. If we gave him a ham- 

 mer he would try to use it on the nut, and on not being able to 

 manage that, he would give back to us both the hammer and 

 the cocoanut. 



Games and Play. "We never taught him any tricks; 

 he simply acquired knowledge himself. A game he was very 

 fond of was to pretend he was blind, shutting his eyes very 

 tightly, and running around the room knocking against tables 

 and chairs. . . . We found that exercise was the thing he 

 required to keep him in health, and my nephew used to give him 

 plenty of that by playing hide and seek with him in the morning 

 before breakfast, and in the evening before dinner, — ^up and 

 down stairs, in and out of all the rooms. He simply loved that 

 game, and would giggle and laugh while being chased. . . . 

 If he saw that a stranger was at all nervous about him, he loved 

 running past him, and giving him a smack on the leg, — and 

 you could see him grin as he did so. 



"A thing he greatly enjoyed was to stand on the top rail 

 of his bed and jump on the springs, head over heels, just like 

 a child. 



Caution. "He was very cautious. He would never run 

 into a dark room without first turning on the light. 



Fear. "John seemed to realize danger for other people in 

 high places, for if anyone looked out of a high window he always 

 pushed them away if he were at the window himself, but if he 

 was away from it he would run and pull them back. . . . 

 He was very much afraid of fuU-grown sheep, cows and horses, 

 but he loved colts, calves and lambs, proA^g to us that he 

 recognized youth. 



Woods vs. Fields. "We found he did not like fields or 

 open country, but he was very happy in a garden, or in woods. 

 ... He always liked nibbling twigs, and to eat the green buds 

 of trees. 



