of the wide hat pulled over her eyes. But as she got nearer to us
and the laughing of the children grew louder, I noticed that her
hands were very dark in color, and hairy, like a witch's.

Then all of a sudden Dab-Dab at my side startled me by crying out
in a loud voice,

"Why, it's Chee-Chee!--Chee-Chee come back at last! How dare
those children tease him! I'll give the little imps something to
laugh at!"

And she flew right off the wall down into the road and made
straight for the children, squawking away in a most terrifying
fashion and pecking at their feet and legs. The children made off
down the street back to the town as hard as they could run.

The strange-looking figure in the straw hat stood gazing after
them a moment and then came wearily up to the gate. It didn't
bother to undo the latch but just climbed right over the gate as
though it were something in the way. And then I noticed that it
took hold of the bars with its feet, so that it really had four
hands to climb with. But it was only when I at last got a glimpse
of the face under the hat that I could be really sure it was a
monkey.

Chee-Chee--for it was he--frowned at me suspiciously from the top
of the gate, as though he thought I was going to laugh at him
like the other boys and girls. Then he dropped into the garden
on the inside and immediately started taking off his clothes. He
tore the straw hat in two and threw it down into the road. Then