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FO UB— HANDED FOLK. 



street shoes, thrust one into the shoe-bag which 

 hung on the closet door. It did not go in far, 

 and instantly there was a scramble and two little 

 heads appeared at the edge of the bag, scolding 

 furiously at her for daring to disturb their nap. 



Although these little fellows are the small- 

 est of monkeys, they are by no means stupid. 

 Neither are they alike in temperament or taste. 

 One of them, for example, preferred boiled 

 onion to any other food, while the other set his 

 affections on baked apples. Ravenini was an 

 affectionate little fellow, and liked to cuddle 

 down into a warm hand for a nap. He also was 

 more timid with strangers, and not so greedy 

 as his elder, nor so eager for adventures. Both 

 were very quick to make up their minds whom 

 they liked and whom they disliked among people. 

 They % agreed in avoiding children altogether. 

 Some grown people, too, they would not go 

 near ; while others, no more attractive to human 

 observers, they would accept at once as friends, 

 and run over them without fear. 



They were very fond of playing, both with 

 each other and with people. Eavini, indeed, 

 played " bo-peep " as well as anybody. He 

 would run down the lace curtain till below the 

 lambrequin, which hung two or three feet from 

 the cornice, and wait there for some one to start 

 for him. The instant one accepted his challenge 



