A PUZZLED MONKEY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2065, 11 August 1885, Page 2

A PUZZLED MONKEY.

The St. Louis 'Republican' gives an accountof alively monkeys' perplexity over his own image, A'number of the little creatures were at the fair grounds, where, they amused every one by their antics and mischief. One of'them was. particularly lively,and soon becameagreatfavorite with. the bystanders. Agentlemanin the crowd happening to have a small mirror with him, passed it to the monkey. The animal's behavior on seeing his face reflected in the glass was very amusing. He, of course,, failed to recognise the reflection of himself, ■and took it for another monkey ; and his anxiety toget hold of the monkey was what made the fun. He would look behind tho glass, and feel for it in such a comical way while he was looking in the glass thatone could not help laughing, While the glass was close to his eye 1 he gradually bent over, casually ; and, noticing that the evanescent monkey was on: his back apparently, he dropped the glass, and made a sudden grab for him. When he did'nt get him he looked surprised, and commenced looking under the straw- to see what had becomo of him. He was then seized with a luminous idea: He picked up the glass and ran to the topmost branch of the dead tree that is erected in the cage,and, climbing to the extreme end, again looked in the glass. It seemed he reasoned that in such a position the monkey could not get away, He felt for it, grabbed at it, and tried all sorts of strategy tocapture it, notwithstanding repeated failures.