Mappo, the Merry Monkey / His Many Adventures

n, with a chatter of fright, sprang right up on the shoulder of the circus ma

p his hand and patted Mappo. "Well, you don't need to be, litt

ld not-that he loved monkeys. In fact, any one would have loved Mappo

you can stand on your head," went on t

ir, and there he was, standing up partly

ince!" the man

as he turned a somersault,

ent on the circus man, speaking to Mappo, as though the l

ly all the man said, but he could not talk back to him, exc

h him at first so he will not fall off. Later on, you may run fast, and we'll have a race, with other monkey

ince, just as though

over the dog's head were put some straps like the reins of a horse. Those wer

e we go!" cried the

, now looked at the man and dog. The man lifted up the monkey and se

d he walked along with the dog, ho

when Prince started off, the little monkey grew afraid, and tr

ly. "No one is going to hurt you. You'll be all r

did not fall off. Around and around in a ring went Prince carrying Mappo. Final

alone now," said the

He was riding alone, though of course n

day he did it better. Each day, too, when he had finished

, after Mappo had been in the circus about a w

y for him. And, just as you might expect, Mappo

r-r-r! Buz-z-z-z-z! Wur-r-r

rked Prince,

to do it! You must hold on ti

e jolly elephant, who was resting, after having s

hurt myself, but I don't like to fa

Prince runs fast, just wrap your tail around him, as you used to w

idea-I'll do it

a ring went Prince ca

aid the circus man. "Go a b

will!" bar

is little paws, that were almost like your hands, and then, remembering what Tum Tum had sa

or?" asked the dog. He knew how to

t fall off when you run fas

ng softly. "That's a good trick, little monkey. If other monkeys were as smart as you

" promis

looked at what

le monkey," he said.

ust ring, Mappo did not fall off. His tail, which was as good as a hand t

w days later more dogs and other monkeys were brought into the circus ring in the big barn, and they, too, raced arou

er again. "I shall teach him many tricks. I will now see how he can ride on the

ut he made up his mind he would do whatever was asked

pony was a little larger than Prince, and Mappo was farther from the ground. But the little monkey had climbed tall trees in t

trap, Mappo stuck his tail through that, and so held on. The other monkeys, who

nkey in the circus," said the man

kept it. The ponies ran faster than the dogs had done, but, even then, neither Mappo no

m Tum of Mappo one day, when they were

"I can do many tricks no

d a hand-organ with my trunk and make music, I have to play sol

d work?" a

ay soon, in another book, I shall tell you the

. "Soon it will be time for the circus to go out on the road, under th

chattered Mappo, in

or twice on the back of Prince, the circus man bro

went around the sawdust ring, he came near to one of the rings the man held out. Mappo did not in the least know what he was to do, but, all at once, the

little monkey, "I won