"Hullo! what have you got here? A monkey!"
"O father!" said Tony and Elsie together.
"One at a time," said father.
So Elsie told the story whilst father listened.
"Well," said father, "I think I know where this poor little monkey has come from."
"As I came through the village I saw a man looking for a monkey. He told me it had run away from him, and he could not afford to lose it, as it earned a lot of money by doing tricks."
