"I shall have to look
out for myself, or some boys may chase me."
The music kept getting louder but still the old gentleman rabbit didn't
see any people, and he went on very slowly until he came to a little house
built of shingles, and there in front of it sat a monkey. And he was the
funniest monkey you ever saw.
For that monkey was playing five hand organs all at once. Yes, just as
true as I'm telling you, he was. He played one organ with his left paw and
he played another organ with his right paw, and he played still another
with his left foot and he twisted the crank of another with his right
foot. And then, to finish off with, he whirled around the crank of the
fifth organ with his long tail. Oh, he was a smart monkey, I tell you!
"My! This is almost as good as a circus!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. "I'm
glad I came this way."
Well, that funny monkey played faster than ever, and on one organ he
played the tune "Please Bring Your Umbrella Inside When it Rains," and on
another he played "May I Have Some of Your Ice Cream Cone if I Give You a
Kiss?" And on the third hand organ the monkey was playing the tune "Come
Out Into the Hammock and See Who'll Fall Out First," and another tune was
"Please Don't Let that Big Black Bug Tickle Me," and on the organ that he
twisted with his tail the monkey ground out the song "Come On Inside the
Motorboat and Have a Nice, Cool Swim.
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