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It was in vain his parents told him he would not find such good nuts anywhere else, and that there existed a terrible kind of two-legged monkey in the world out beyond, who wore clothes, and made prisoners of four-legged monkeys. Go Jocko would. Indeed he only half believed what was told him, thinking his parents merely meant to frighten him into staying at home. Accordingly one morning he set out on his travels.

On reaching the outskirts of the forest, Jocko was quite delighted to see how big the world was; for though he thought the horizon was the end of everything, still he fancied he might be tired before he reached even that.

After walking on a good bit, he at last came to a village, where he saw some of the two-legged monkeys his parents had warned him against; and as he peeped at them from afar, he thought how foolish they were to live in those big square things (he meant houses) instead of roosting in trees. By this time Jocko had grown hungry, and began prowling about for something to eat, in doing which he picked up a pair of boots.

“ Ho ho! ” said he, “ I’ll put on these, as I see the two-legged monkeys wear them, and then they’ll take me for one of themselves, and I shall get a good dinner.”