THE MONKEY AND THE PARROT.
On a day recently (says a writer in the 'Pastoraiists’ Review’) old Combing, passing down Lower George street, Sydney, saw a pretty little monkey in one of the drops for the sale of animals that abound in that delectable quarter. Mrs Combing was fond of nets. There had been a capital season at Toprail, and a fiver, in consequence, mattered nothing here or there. So he bought ijhe animal and took it up to the station with him. Now, Mrs Combing was tho proud possessor of a big white cockatoo, whose vocabulary was the delight of the station. Shortly after the arrival of the monkey it and the cockatoo (Peter) happened to be left alone in the dining room for a time. On her return Mrs C. found the simian sitting disconsolately on the table bleeding from many wounds, whilst everywhere around were scattered heaps of white and yellow feathers. Aghast, the poor old lady, with an exclamation of horror, was just setting about to search for the remains of her favorite, when suddenly an absolutely naked bird stalked from under the sofa, looked defiantly around, and exclaimed in a rancorous voice; “ What r. of a time weVe bad this morning."
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Evening Star, Issue 11673, 4 February 1902, Page 8
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206THE MONKEY AND THE PARROT. Evening Star, Issue 11673, 4 February 1902, Page 8
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