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HOW CLEVER THESE MONKEYS ARE!

THIS trained monkey is named Susie. She was brought from monkey-land and taught to pick up a cube, a ball, a cylinder and other shapes just as if she were in Kindergarten. Her big wild relation (1) is climbing through the tree tops with her baby. Figures 2,3 and 4 show how these "acrobats" swing from tree to tree.

Here Susie is asked by the little boy to pick out various colors of cloth. Her owner is snapping his fingers to get her close attention. Monkeys are like little people-they do best when the play close attention.