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Chapter 29

           Hehadfollowedthisfirstexperiencewithmanyhoursofwithdrawal,afterwhichheneveragainthreatenedtoremoveallthebarsandglassandgrills.HeexplainedtoJillthatthebarsweretokeeppeopleoutatleastasmuchastokeeptheanimalsin,whichhehadfailedtogrokatfirst.AfterthatMikenevermissedazoowherevertheywent.

           ButtodayeventheunmitigatedmisanthropyofthecamelscouldnotshakeMike’smoodiness;helookedatthemwithoutsmiling.Nordidthemonkeysandapescheerhimup.Theystoodforquiteawhileinfrontofacagecontainingalargefamilyofcapuchins,watchingthemeat,sleep,court,nurse,groomsandswarmaimlesslyaroundthecage,whileJillsurreptitiouslytossedthempeanutsdespite"NoFeeding"signs.

           Shetossedonetoamediumsizedmonk;beforehecouldeatitamuchlargermalewasonhimandnotonlystolehispeanutbutgavehimabeating,thenleft.Thelittlefellowmadenoattempttopursuehistormentor;besquattedatthesceneofthecrime,poundedhisknucksagainsttheconcretefloor,andchatteredhishelplessrage.Mikewatcheditsolemnly.Suddenlythemistreatedmonkeyrushedtothesideofthecage,pickedamonkeystillsmaller,bowleditoverandgaveitadrubbingworsethantheonehehadsufferedafterwhichheseemedquiterelaxed.Thethirdmonkcrawledaway,stillwhimpering,andfoundshelterinthearmofafemalewhohadastillsmallerone,ababy,onherback.Theothermonkeyspaidnoattentiontoanyofit.

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