"Well," said Tony, "the man must have been very cruel to it, for it is very thin and tired."
"O father, don't send it back," said Elsie.
"But I thought you did not like monkeys," said father.
"Yes, yes, I do," replied Elsie; "I like this one very much."
"Then," said father, "I shall ask the man if we may buy him."
The next day the man was sent for, and he willingly sold the monkey to father. "For," he said, "Jacko will never do much good now."
So Jacko was tenderly cared for and fed, and very soon his foot got all better, and he began to grow fat.
He was very kind to the children, and would play with them, but sometimes he was very mischievous.