The Animal Story Book

tiny monkey; I do not know the place of her birth, but I brought her from Havre, where I had gone-I don't know why-perhaps to look at the sea. But I thought I must b

ch an affectionate manner that I stopped, holding the monkey's paw with one hand, and scratching the parrot's head with the other. The littl

ACCOMMODATE YOU WITH MY

monkey and my parrot?' It would have been more to the purpose if he had said, 'Monsieur Dumas, may I incommode you with my monkey and my parrot?' However, after a l

the green monkey of Sen

greatest astonishment. '

ut I know my "Dictiona

w what bird this is?' I ask

e and yellow macaw-Macrocercus arararanna. Oh, sir,

, since parrots will not

ke, sir; the blue macaw

south, p

t be in the

re t

Ca

imate which permits parrots to rear th

aen, capital of the department of Calvados, upon the Orne and

id Michel, 'the pa

English in 1346-retaken by the French &c.,

t the arararanna, otherwise called th

it does not s

t wait till I fetch you

ew minutes with his bo

ning his dictionary in his turn. 'Parr

hel, of course you know

hey can sing scale

xactly. It means that th

long believed that parrots were incapable of breeding in Europe, but the contrary has been proved

etails which M. La

st 1822, including a period of four years

d they did not lay e

'"twenty-five young macaws were hatched, of which only ten

ng entertained false ideas

ontinued Michel, '"and more eggs were hatch

have no m

nest varied. There have been

eld, rescue o

ook, 'you must be careful not to gi

ed, 'because they contain prus

opened the book. '"Parsley and bitter almonds,

Michel, I sh

ersil being the French for parsley), I exclaimed, much shocked: 'Ah! poor man, how unfo

if left in her small travelling cage. But Michel, with a solemn face, said it was unnecessary. 'For,' said he, 'I am sorry to tell

e no great pleasure. I am very fond of game, but somehow pref

o the big cage, and opened both doors. The monkey sprang into her new abode, bounded from perch to p

without a compan

give her t

comes here with his monkey asking for pennies

monkey rather

. He has a cap with a feather, and he takes it

do anyth

fight

that

so catch fleas

that that youth would par

a box which the little boy carried on his back, and when his master took off his cap, the monkey did the same. It had

al,' I continued, 'we will call it Potich.' And giving Michel fort