THE MONKEY THAT WOULD NOT KILL

GUM

THE MOST PRECIOUS OF ALL IS GUM, Frontispiece

TRICKY UPSET EVERYTHING,

NEXT MORNING TRICKY WAS STILL THERE,

IT WAS ONLY TRICKY SHAKING THE SALT WATER OFF,

HE BEGAN WITH THE PARROT,

THE SHEPHERD BOLTED LIKE WILDFIRE,

ALL WAS READY,

HE TOOK MONKEY AND STONE AND HEAVED THEM OVER THE CLIFF,

WITH THE STONE IN HIS ARMS HE WALKED CALMLY TOWARDS THE SHORE,

TRICKY HELD BACK THE BABY,

THE MONKEY’S RESCUE,

MONKEY PERFORMING GYMNASTIC EXERCISES,

BURIED HIS TEETH IN THE CONDUCTOR’S WRIST,

THE NUGGET OF GOLD,

POINTING A LOADED REVOLVER AT HIS HEAD,

THE CAN OF GUNPOWDER TIED TO HIS TAIL,