The Animal Story Book - online children's book

Edited By Andrew Lang And With Numerous Illustrations By H. J. Ford

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	MONSIEUR DUMAS AND HIS BEASTS 111 ' You know that little boy, an Auvergnat, who comes here with his monkey asking for pennies. If I were you, sir, I would buy that monkey.' ' And why that monkey rather than another ?' ' He has been so well educated and is so gentle. He has a cap with a feather, and he takes it off when you give him a nut or a bit of sugar.'
	' Can he do anything else? ' ' He can fight a duel.' 'Is that all?' ' No, he can also catch fleas on his master.' ' But, Michel, do you think that that youth would part with so useful an animal ?'