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THE STORY OF THE OCELOT. 
monkey ran along the limb and squatted close by the ocelot’s, head. 
“Squeak!” 
It was the death yell of the curious monkey. As if it were made of 
springs, the ocelot leaped to its feet, and with the movement seized the 
monkey with its teeth and claws. 
The other monkeys ran chattering and screaming through the forest, 
while the ocelot proceeded leisurely to make its supper of the monkey. Like 
OCELOT CATCHING A MONKEY 
•the jaguar, it first sucks the blood of the animal it kills, and if this does not 
satisfy its hunger, it feasts rather slowly and daintily on the carcass. 
The ocelot devours small quadrupeds of all kinds as well as eggs. 
It runs like the fox and wildcat when pursued by hunters and hounds, 
and often resorts to the fox-like trick of doubling on its track in order to 
baffle its pursuers. 
In South America I saw many of these beautifully-marked animals. Its 
