HERE IT IS TOLD OF A MERCHANT WHO BOUGHT CAPS

A merchant was travelling with caps. They got wet and he laid them out

to dry. Many monkeys appeared, and each one put a cap on its head, and

ran off up into the trees. This seemed a grievous matter to the man. He

went back and bought stockings (and there was bird-lime in them) and he

got back his caps (from the monkeys) and did good business [163].

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